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.
- RubbervineRhabdadenia biflora
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Bindweed Dwarf Morning-gloryEvolvulus convolvuloides
- Perennial SandgrassTriplasis americana
- Purple SandgrassTriplasis purpurea
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Ware's HairsedgeBulbostylis warei
- White ScrewstemBartonia verna
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Beach CreeperErnodea littoralis
- Florida MaytenTricerma phyllanthoides
- Florida NailwortParonychia discoveryi
- Gratiola hispidaSophronanthe hispida
- Allamanda catharticaAllamanda cathartica
- Beach Creeping OxeyePascalia glauca
- Beach Evening-primroseOenothera drummondii
- Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
- Caribbean CowpeaSigmoidotropis antillana
- Century PlantAgave angustifolia
- Common FigFicus carica
- Indian MulberryMorinda citrifolia
- Largeleaf PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
- Lazy DaisyAphanostephus skirrhobasis var. thalassius
- Little-bellIpomoea triloba
- Mauritius HempFurcraea foetida
- Puncture-vineTribulus terrestris
- Red SpiderlingBoerhavia coccinea
- Sea FigCarpobrotus edulis
- Silverleaf SunflowerHelianthus argophyllus
- Slender AmaranthAmaranthus viridis
- Smooth JoyweedAlternanthera paronichyoides
- Solidago sempervirensSolidago sempervirens
- Trailing IndigoIndigofera spicata
- Water MedickMedicago littoralis
- Wild PeaLeptospron adenanthum
- Cocos nuciferaCocos nucifera
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- Sisal HempAgave sisalana
- West Indian AlmondTerminalia catappa
- American Rat's Tail GrassSporobolus jacquemontii
- Beach VitexVitex rotundifolia
- Gray SheOakCasuarina glauca
- LatherleafColubrina asiatica
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.