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
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Florida Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
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.