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
- 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.