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
- 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.