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.
- PoorjoeHexasepalum teres
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Nuttallanthus floridanusLinaria floridana
- SamphireGomphrena vermicularis
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Roundleaf BluetHoustonia procumbens
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Coastal Sand FrostweedCrocanthemum arenicola
- Dalbergia ecastaphyllumDalbergia ecastaphyllum
- Waltheria bahamensisWaltheria bahamensis
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Ceratiola ericoidesCeratiola ericoides
- Horseeye BeanMucuna sloanei
- Poorman's PatchMentzelia floridana
- Bay CedarSuriana maritima
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Savanna BalmDicerandra immaculata var. savannarum
- Yellow NecklacepodSophora tomentosa var. truncata
- Florida YellowtopsFlaveria floridana
- Narrowleaf YellowtopsFlaveria linearis
- Pinewoods FingergrassEustachys petraea
- Sea RosemaryHeliotropium gnaphalodes
- BeachberryScaevola plumieri
- Caesalpinia bonducGuilandina bonduc
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus valerandi subsp. parviflorus
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Tall ThreeawnAristida patula
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla filiculoides
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- BlacktorchErithalis fruticosa
- Havana ClustervineJacquemontia havanensis
- Kallstroemia maximaKallstroemia maxima
- Stillingia aquaticaStillingia aquatica
- VarnishleafDodonaea viscosa
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Sea OatsUniola paniculata
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Burrowing Four-o'clockOkenia hypogaea
- Fimbristylis castaneaFimbristylis spadicea
- Mangrove SpiderlilyHymenocallis latifolia
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.