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.
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Woody GoldenrodChrysoma pauciflosculosa
- Beach MoonflowerIpomoea violacea
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium × anomalum
- Railroad VineIpomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Beach Morning-gloryIpomoea imperati
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Coastal Mock VervainGlandularia maritima
- South Florida MilkpeaGalactia austrofloridensis
- Seabeach Evening-primroseOenothera humifusa
- Bahama NightshadeSolanum bahamense
- Godfrey's Golden AsterChrysopsis godfreyi
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Little Prickly-pearOpuntia drummondii
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- Seabeach KnotweedPolygonum glaucum
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Florida AmaranthAmaranthus floridanus
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Coastal Beach SandmatEuphorbia mesembrianthemifolia
- Coastal Dune SandmatEuphorbia cumulicola
- Coastal RagweedAmbrosia hispida
- Curtiss' MilkweedAsclepias curtissii
- Garber's SandmatEuphorbia garberi
- Limestone SandmatEuphorbia blodgettii
- Sanddune SpurgeEuphorbia trichotoma
- Coconut PaspalumPaspalum laxum
- Gulfdune PaspalumPaspalum monostachyum
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Redstem PurslanePortulaca rubricaulis
- Northern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia polygonifolia
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Lantana sandersii var. sandersiiLantana sandersii var. sandersii
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Velvetleaf MilkweedAsclepias tomentosa
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.