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
- 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.