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
- 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.