Habitat in Florida
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 187
- Birds
- 183
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Low RattleboxCrotalaria pumila
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Lanceleaf SeedboxLudwigia lanceolata
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Agalinis harperiAgalinis harperi
- Aloe YuccaYucca aloifolia
- Mound-lily YuccaYucca gloriosa
- SeagrapeCoccoloba uvifera
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Godfrey's GayfeatherLiatris provincialis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Dog-tongue BuckwheatEriogonum tomentosum
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium littorale
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
- Lobelia paludosaLobelia paludosa
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Indigofera miniataIndigofera miniata
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- BeachstarCyperus pedunculatus
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Mangrove FlatsedgeCyperus ligularis
- Blue PorterweedStachytarpheta jamaicensis
- Marine-ivyCissus trifoliata
- Rhexia salicifoliaRhexia salicifolia
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Four-angle FlatsedgeCyperus tetragonus
- Gray's FlatsedgeCyperus grayi
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- BaybeanCanavalia rosea
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Red MangroveRhizophora mangle
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Rooted SpikerushEleocharis radicans
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 183
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.