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.
- Rosary SnoutbeanRhynchosia precatoria
- Royal PoincianaDelonix regia
- Rufous Butterfly OrchidEncyclia rufa
- Sagra's AmazonvineStigmaphyllon sagraeanum
- SandboxtreeHura crepitans
- Scaly SwordfernNephrolepis hirsutula
- Scarlet Sage; Blood SageSalvia coccinea
- Selaginella uncinataSelaginella uncinata
- Small BroomrapeOrobanche minor
- Solanum umbellatumSolanum umbellatum
- Soldier's OrchidZeuxine strateumatica
- Spanish LimeMelicoccus bijugatus
- Spiked PepperPiper aduncum
- Succulent SpiderwortTradescantia crassula
- Swiss-cheese PlantMonstera deliciosa
- TamarindTamarindus indica
- Three Lobe False MallowMalvastrum coromandelianum
- Three-leaved CayratiaCausonis trifolia
- Trailing IndigoIndigofera spicata
- UasHarpullia arborea
- Vegetable FernDiplazium esculentum
- Veracruz PepperPiper auritum
- West Indian Laurel FigFicus americana
- Wild CinnamonCinnamomum iners
- Wild TantanDesmanthus virgatus
- Woolly Morning-gloryIpomoea nervosa
- Zanzibar YamDioscorea sansibarensis
- Alexander PalmPtychosperma elegans
- Australian AlmondTerminalia muelleri
- Beechey's WitheHeteropterys brachiata
- Begonia cucullataBegonia cucullata
- Bowstring HempDracaena hyacinthoides
- Centipede TongavineEpipremnum pinnatum
- Chinese Fan PalmLivistona chinensis
- Dayflowering JessamineCestrum diurnum
- DeviltreeAlstonia macrophylla
- Giant BrakePteris tripartita
- Governor's PlumFlacourtia indica
- Inchplant; Wandering Jew; Sebra Plant; Creeping Charlie; Wandering DudeTradescantia zebrina
- Ladder BrakePteris vittata
- Madagascar OliveNoronhia emarginata
- Madagascar RubbervineCryptostegia madagascariensis
- Malabar PlumSyzygium jambos
- Mile-a-minuteMikania micrantha
- Nettleleaf VelvetberryStachytarpheta cayennensis
- Orange JessamineMurraya paniculata
- Princess-of-the-nightSelenicereus pteranthus
- Queen PalmSyagrus romanzoffiana
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
- 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.