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
- 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.