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
- 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.