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
- 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.