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
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
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.