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
- 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.