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
- 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.