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.
- East Indian BristlegrassSetaria barbata
- Egyptian StarclusterPentas lanceolata
- European Chain FernWoodwardia radicans
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- FivefingersSyngonium angustatum
- Flower AxistreeGlycosmis parviflora
- Foliage FlowerPhyllanthus angustifolius
- Footstool PalmSaribus rotundifolius
- Fragrant PremnaPremna odorata
- FrangipaniPlumeria obtusa
- Gaping Dutchman's-pipeAristolochia ringens
- Giant Sword FernNephrolepis biserrata
- Glossy ShowerSenna surattensis
- Heartleaf PhilodendronPhilodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium
- HiptageHiptage benghalensis
- Hoary BowlesiaBowlesia incana
- Indian JujubeZiziphus mauritiana
- Ipomoea albaIpomoea alba
- Jackie's SaddlePeperomia amplexicaulis
- JamaicanweedNama jamaicensis
- Japanese Mock-orangePittosporum tobira
- Java CinnamonCinnamomum burmannii
- Javanese GlorybowerClerodendrum speciosissimum
- John Charles WeedCondea verticillata
- Largeleaf GeigertreeCordia sebestena
- LemongrassCymbopogon citratus
- LimeberryTriphasia trifolia
- Little-bellIpomoea triloba
- Macarthur PalmPtychosperma macarthurii
- Malaysian PersimmonDiospyros maritima
- MangoMangifera indica
- Mauritius HempFurcraea foetida
- Miniature HollyMalpighia coccigera
- Monk OrchidOeceoclades maculata
- Monkey's-combAmphilophium crucigerum
- MonkeypodPithecellobium dulce
- NettletreeTrema micranthum
- NeverdieKalanchoe crenata
- Nun's-hood OrchidPhaius tancarvilleae
- Odontonema cuspidatumOdontonema cuspidatum
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- Palay RubbervineCryptostegia grandiflora
- Pale LaeliaLaelia rubescens
- Pantropical FanpetalsSida cordifolia
- Passionfruit; Purple Granadilla; Passion FruitPassiflora edulis
- Purple MombinSpondias purpurea
- Queen Of The NightSelenicereus grandiflorus
- RockrootAgdestis clematidea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 125
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-crowned ParrotAmazona viridigenalis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.