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.
- Florida Tree FernCtenitis sloanei
- Gentian NoddingcapsTriphora gentianoides
- GoatweedCapraria biflora
- Greater Antillean Tree CactusPilosocereus millspaughii
- Greater Yellowspike OrchidPolystachya concreta
- Green SprangletopDisakisperma dubium
- HachuelaPelexia adnata
- HammockherbHasteola robertiorum
- Holly Vine FernLomariopsis kunzeana
- HoopvineTrichostigma octandrum
- JoewoodJacquinia keyensis
- Key Tree CactusPilosocereus robinii
- LancewoodDamburneya coriacea
- Leafless Bentspur OrchidCampylocentrum pachyrrhizum
- Leitneria floridanaLeitneria floridana
- Lobed CrotonAstraea lobata
- Long Strap FernCampyloneurum phyllitidis
- Long-gland OrchidMacradenia lutescens
- Longclaw OrchidEltroplectris calcarata
- Love VineCassytha filiformis
- Maidenhair Pineland FernAnemia adiantifolia
- MangroveberryMosiera longipes
- Myrtle-of-the-riverMyrcia zuzygium
- Narrow Strap FernCampyloneurum angustifolium
- Needleroot Airplant OrchidDendrophylax porrectus
- Night-scented OrchidEpidendrum nocturnum
- Nodding Strap AirplantCatopsis nutans
- Ozark GrassLimnodea arkansana
- Pepper CinnamonCanella winterana
- Pepperleaf SweetwoodLicaria triandra
- PigmypipesMonotropsis reynoldsiae
- PitchappleClusia rosea
- Plume PolypodyPecluma plumula
- Prickly ApplecactusHarrisia aboriginum
- Ray FernActinostachys pennula
- Rhapidophyllum hystrixRhapidophyllum hystrix
- Rickett's NoddingcapsTriphora rickettii
- Sargent's Cherry PalmPseudophoenix sargentii
- Schoenolirion albiflorumSchoenolirion albiflorum
- Small Prescott OrchidPrescottia oligantha
- Southern Lip FernMyriopteris microphylla
- Spermacoce assurgensBorreria remota
- Spider OrchidBrassia caudata
- Stiff-flower Star OrchidEpidendrum rigidum
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Tailed Strap FernCampyloneurum costatum
- Tall NeottiaCyclopogon elatus
- TearshrubVallesia antillana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 125
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescens
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.