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
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.