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
- 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.