Habitat in Florida
Coastal Plain hammocks
Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests. NatureServe
- Plants
- 554
- Birds
- 125
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- West Indian CherryPrunus myrtifolia
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Roughleaf DogwoodCornus asperifolia
- Western SunflowerHelianthus occidentalis
- Ageratina jucundaAgeratina jucunda
- Beach MoonflowerIpomoea violacea
- Ipomoea albaIpomoea alba
- Short's AsterSymphyotrichum shortii
- Poeppig's RosemallowHibiscus poeppigii
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Sand Live OakQuercus geminata
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Vicia floridanaVicia floridana
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- BullsuckersOpuntia ochrocentra
- Florida Hammock MilkpeaGalactia striata
- Hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia hirsuta
- Keys Spanish LadyOpuntia abjecta
- South Florida MilkpeaGalactia austrofloridensis
- Tampa Mock VervainGlandularia tampensis
- Bahama NightshadeSolanum bahamense
- Broombush FalsewillowBaccharis dioica
- Calloose GrapeVitis shuttleworthii
- False MasticSideroxylon foetidissimum
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- Mullein NightshadeSolanum donianum
- PepperbushCroton humilis
- PotatotreeSolanum erianthum
- Rufous Florida BullySideroxylon rufohirtum
- Saffron PlumSideroxylon celastrinum
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- Sideroxylon alachuenseSideroxylon alachuense
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Solanum carolinense var. floridanumSolanum carolinense var. floridanum
- Tough BumeliaSideroxylon tenax
- Willow BusticSideroxylon salicifolium
- Galactia brachypodaGalactia brachypoda
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Florida PrairiecloverDalea floridana
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 125
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescens
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.