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.
- Red-flower RagleafCrassocephalum crepidioides
- Sida planicaulisSida planicaulis
- Sisal HempAgave sisalana
- Staghorn FernPlatycerium bifurcatum
- Twoleaf NightshadeSolanum diphyllum
- American EvergreenSyngonium podophyllum
- Australian Umbrella TreeHeptapleurum actinophyllum
- Brazilian JasmineJasminum fluminense
- Brazilian PepperSchinus terebinthifolia
- CarrotwoodCupaniopsis anacardioides
- Earleaf AcaciaAcacia auriculiformis
- Gold Coast JasmineJasminum dichotomum
- GuavaPsidium guajava
- Incised Halberd FernTectaria incisa
- Japanese Lady FernDeparia petersenii
- Java PlumSyzygium cumini
- Javanese BishopwoodBischofia javanica
- LatherleafColubrina asiatica
- Macfadyena unguis-catiDolichandra unguis-cati
- Old World Climbing FernLygodium microphyllum
- Portia TreeThespesia populnea
- SapodillaManilkara zapota
- Serpent FernMicrosorum grossum
- ShoebuttonArdisia elliptica
- Surinam CherryEugenia uniflora
- Woman's TongueAlbizia lebbeck
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.