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
- 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.