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.
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Everglades GreenbrierSmilax havanensis
- Sarsaparilla Vine; Dwarf SmilaxSmilax pumila
- Big Pine SpurgeEuphorbia ogdenii
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Chamaesyce ophthalmicaEuphorbia ophthalmica
- Coastal RagweedAmbrosia hispida
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Limestone SandmatEuphorbia blodgettii
- Matted SandmatEuphorbia serpens
- Spreading FanpetalsSida abutilifolia
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Blue CrowngrassPaspalum caespitosum
- Coconut PaspalumPaspalum laxum
- Coral PaspalumPaspalum blodgettii
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Privet Wild Sensitive PlantSenna ligustrina
- Reimar GrassPaspalum eglume
- Rustyseed PaspalumPaspalum botterii
- Upland CottonGossypium hirsutum
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Pyramid MagnoliaMagnolia pyramidata
- ButtonsageLantana involucrata
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Hammock ShrubverbenaLantana canescens
- Lantana sandersii var. sandersiiLantana sandersii var. sandersii
- GoatsfootPassiflora sexflora
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Pineland PassionflowerPassiflora pallens
- Carex baltzelliiCarex baltzellii
- Carex dasycarpaCarex dasycarpa
- Chapman's SedgeCarex chapmannii
- Florida Hammock SedgeCarex vexans
- Mouse's-earStachys crenata
- Peninsula SedgeCarex paeninsulae
- Star ChickweedStellaria puber
- Strangler FigFicus aurea
- Wild Banyan TreeFicus citrifolia
- SeagrapeCoccoloba uvifera
- Tabasco PepperCapsicum frutescens
- TietongueCoccoloba diversifolia
- LittlewomanSalvia serotina
- Southern River SageSalvia misella
- Biscayne PricklyashZanthoxylum spinosum
- Florida SedgeCarex nigromarginata var. floridana
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Silky BluestemSchizachyrium sericatum
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.