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.
- Toothpetal False ReinorchidHabenaria floribunda
- Wild Birdnest FernAsplenium serratum
- Woolly MaidenhairAdiantum villosum
- Wormvine OrchidVanilla barbellata
- Curacao BushVarronia globosa
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Key West HeliotropeEuploca fruticosa
- Bindweed Dwarf Morning-gloryEvolvulus convolvuloides
- Carpenter's Ground CherryCalliphysalis carpenteri
- Mule-ear OncidiumTrichocentrum undulatum
- Slender dwarf morning gloryEvolvulus alsinoides
- TwinberryMyrcianthes fragrans
- Wild AllamandaPentalinon luteum
- Small-flowered BuckthornSageretia minutiflora
- American LopseedPhryma leptostachya
- Bay StarvineSchisandra glabra
- Dwarf Filmy-fernTrichomanes petersii
- Fivelobe CucumberCayaponia quinqueloba
- Florida Adder's-mouthMalaxis spicata
- Green-fly OrchidEpidendrum conopseum
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- American MelonleafCayaponia americana
- American ToadwoodCupania glabra
- Angle-vein FernSerpocaulon triseriale
- Apteria aphyllaApteria aphylla
- Bahama MaidenbushHeterosavia bahamensis
- Brittle Thatch PalmLeucothrinax morrisii
- Britton's Shadow WitchPonthieva brittoniae
- Brown-hair Comb FernCtenitis submarginalis
- Caribbean PrincewoodExostema caribaeum
- CatstonguePriva lappulacea
- Climbing Vine FernMicrogramma heterophylla
- Costa Rican LadiestressesBeloglottis costaricensis
- Cranichis LadiestressesCyclopogon cranichoides
- Creeping Bramble FernHypolepis barringtonii
- Creeping LeafstalkgrassPharus lappulaceus
- CupseedCalycocarpum lyonii
- Cypressknee Helmet OrchidCranichis muscosa
- Dollar OrchidProsthechea boothiana var. erythronioides
- Everglades PalmAcoelorraphe wrightii
- Fewflower HoldbackDenisophytum pauciflorum
- Flatspike SedgeAbildgaardia ovata
- Florida Dancinglady OrchidOncidium ensatum
- Florida GoveniaGovenia floridana
- Florida Keys LadiestressesMesadenus lucayanus
- Florida MaytenTricerma phyllanthoides
- Florida Strap AirplantCatopsis floribunda
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.