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
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.