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
- 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.