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.
- DarlingplumReynosia septentrionalis
- Devil's PotatoEchites umbellatus
- Florida HobblebushAgarista populifolia
- Jamaican CapertreeQuadrella jamaicensis
- Netted Chain-fernWoodwardia areolata
- RedgalMorinda royoc
- Smoky BalmDicerandra fumella
- Spiny Black OliveTerminalia molinetii
- Virginia Chain-fernWoodwardia virginica
- BeeftreeGuapira discolor
- MyrsineMyrsine cubana
- Tallow WoodXimenia americana
- Chiggery GrapesHeliotropium verdcourtii
- Common Rose-pinkSabatia angularis
- CrabwoodGymnanthes lucida
- Florida AirplantTillandsia simulata
- Florida ValerianValeriana scandens
- Hammock VelvetseedGuettarda elliptica
- Illicium parviflorumIllicium parviflorum
- InkwoodExothea paniculata
- Leatherleaf AirplantTillandsia variabilis
- MarlberryArdisia escallonioides
- Marsh's Dutchman's-pipeAristolochia pentandra
- Narrowleaf YellowtopsFlaveria linearis
- Northern NeedleleafTillandsia balbisiana
- Ozark BunchflowerVeratrum woodii
- Potbelly AirplantTillandsia paucifolia
- Rough VelvetseedGuettarda scabra
- Saltmarsh FingergrassEustachys glauca
- ScorpionstailHeliotropium angiospermum
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- Tillandsia setaceaTillandsia setacea
- Tillandsia utriculataTillandsia utriculata
- Twisted AirplantTillandsia flexuosa
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Bahama Ladder BrakePteris bahamensis
- Bahama StrongbarkBourreria succulenta
- BladdermallowHerissantia crispa
- Hawaii PearlsGuilandina major
- Key West ThreeawnAristida floridana
- Sevenyear AppleCasasia clusiifolia
- Tall ThreeawnAristida patula
- Cuban NakedwoodColubrina cubensis var. floridana
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- False SisalAgave decipiens
- GreenheartColubrina arborescens
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.