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.
- Arnoglossum diversifoliumArnoglossum diversifolium
- False MallowMalvastrum corchorifolium
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Rhynchosia michauxiiRhynchosia michauxii
- Coco PlumChrysobalanus icaco
- Awned Mountain-mintPycnanthemum setosum
- Coral-beanErythrina herbacea
- Florida PoisontreeMetopium toxiferum
- Holywood LignumvitaeGuaiacum sanctum
- White Leaf Mountain MintPycnanthemum albescens
- Pond AppleAnnona glabra
- Florida Fishpoison TreePiscidia piscipula
- Hieracium megacephalonHieracium megacephalon
- Long Key LocustberryByrsonima lucida
- White TwinevineFunastrum clausum
- False TamarindLysiloma latisiliquum
- Red StopperEugenia rhombea
- Redberry StopperEugenia confusa
- Spanish StopperEugenia foetida
- White StopperEugenia axillaris
- Browne's Indian RosewoodDalbergia brownei
- Dalbergia ecastaphyllumDalbergia ecastaphyllum
- DoctorbushPlumbago zeylanica
- Waltheria bahamensisWaltheria bahamensis
- Winged PeperomiaPeperomia alata
- Carica papayaCarica papaya
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Balsam TorchwoodAmyris balsamifera
- Sea TorchwoodAmyris elemifera
- Slippery BurCorchorus siliquosus
- Mahogany MistletoePhoradendron rubrum
- Pain-in-the-backTrema lamarckianum
- Small-leaf MilkberryChiococca parvifolia
- SnowberryChiococca alba
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Brickellia cordifoliaBrickellia cordifolia
- Clustered PellitoryParietaria praetermissa
- Piedmont False-pimpernelLindernia monticola
- Faux PersilCardiospermum corindum
- Florida FiddlewoodCitharexylum spinosum
- Florida Shrub ThoroughwortKoanophyllon villosum
- HeartseedCardiospermum microcarpum
- Horseeye BeanMucuna sloanei
- Poorman's PatchMentzelia floridana
- West Indian MahoganySwietenia mahagoni
- Bay CedarSuriana maritima
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.