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.
- ManchineelHippomane mancinella
- SoldierwoodColubrina elliptica
- Southern Wood-fernDryopteris ludoviciana
- BlacktorchErithalis fruticosa
- ChewstickGouania lupuloides
- ChristmasberryCrossopetalum ilicifolium
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Florida Thatch PalmThrinax radiata
- Guiana PlumDrypetes lateriflora
- Havana ClustervineJacquemontia havanensis
- Juba's BushIresine diffusa
- Limber CaperCynophalla flexuosa
- Pereira BravaCissampelos pareira
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Ribbon FernPleopeltis marginata
- Sixangle FoldwingDicliptera sexangularis
- Skyblue ClustervineJacquemontia pentanthos
- Smallfruit VarnishleafDodonaea elaeagnoides
- VarnishleafDodonaea viscosa
- WhitewoodDrypetes diversifolia
- Yucatan FlymallowCienfuegosia yucatanensis
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Shortleaf BasketgrassOplismenus setarius
- Black CalabashAmphitecna latifolia
- Broad Halberd FernTectaria heracleifolia
- Callisia cordifoliaCallisia cordifolia
- Cowhorn OrchidCyrtopodium punctatum
- Dwarf SpleenwortAsplenium pumilum
- Florida BitterbushPicramnia pentandra
- Florida BoxwoodSchaefferia frutescens
- Florida Butterfly OrchidEncyclia tampensis
- Florida PinkrootSpigelia loganioides
- Fragrant MaidenhairAdiantum melanoleucum
- GingerbushPavonia spinifex
- GraytwigSchoepfia schreberi
- Guinea Hen WeedPetiveria alliacea
- Habenaria quinquesetaHabenaria quinqueseta
- Hairy Halberd FernTectaria coriandrifolia
- Hammock False ReinorchidHabenaria distans
- Hemlock SpleenwortAsplenium cristatum
- Leafless VanillaVanilla dilloniana
- Least Halberd FernTectaria fimbriata
- MaidenberryCrossopetalum rhacoma
- Medicine VineHippocratea volubilis
- Scoparia dulcisScoparia dulcis
- Semaphore PricklypearConsolea corallicola
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Toothed SpleenwortAsplenium dentatum
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.