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
- 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.