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
- 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.