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.
- Slender Looseflower SedgeCarex gracilescens
- West Indian SatinwoodZanthoxylum flavum
- Wild LimeZanthoxylum fagara
- Acacia macracanthaVachellia macracantha
- CinnecordVachellia choriophylla
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Wild Sweet BasilOcimum campechianum
- Cenchrus myosuroidesCenchrus myosuroides
- Digitaria serotinaDigitaria serotina
- Florida CrabgrassDigitaria floridana
- Pineland LobeliaLobelia homophylla
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Net Leaf Leather FlowerClematis reticulata
- Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
- Pineland False ButtonweedSpermacoce tetraquetra
- White Leaf Leather FlowerClematis glaucophylla
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
- Bigflower PawpawAsimina obovata
- Catclaw BlackbeadPithecellobium unguis-cati
- Dominican SignalgrassUrochloa adspersa
- Florida Keys BlackbeadPithecellobium keyense
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Bahama Wild CoffeePsychotria ligustrifolia
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Gulf Coast Swallow-wortPattalias palustris
- Gumbo LimboBursera simaruba
- Heliopsis gracilisHeliopsis gracilis
- Shortleaf Wild CoffeePsychotria tenuifolia
- Wild CoffeePsychotria nervosa
- Callirhoe papaverCallirhoe papaver
- Cape Sable ThoroughwortChromolaena frustrata
- Coastal Indian MallowAbutilon permolle
- Cyperus distinctusCyperus distinctus
- Cyperus thyrsiflorusCyperus thyrsiflorus
- Jack-in-the-bushChromolaena odorata
- Phlox floridanaPhlox floridana
- West Indian Cock's CombCelosia nitida
- American DodderCuscuta americana
- Black IronwoodKrugiodendron ferreum
- Marine-ivyCissus trifoliata
- Setaria macrospermaSetaria macrosperma
- Tall DodderCuscuta exaltata
- Yellow JoyweedAlternanthera flavescens
- Devil's ClawsPisonia aculeata
- Rhynchosia minimaRhynchosia minima
- Small-leaf SnoutbeanRhynchosia parvifolia
- Swartz's SnoutbeanRhynchosia swartzii
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.