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.
- Triangle CactusAcanthocereus tetragonus
- Twining SoldierbushMyriopus volubilis
- Two-keeled Hooded OrchidGaleandra bicarinata
- Wedgelet FernSphenomeris clavata
- West Indian Tufted AirplantGuzmania monostachia
- White IronwoodHypelate trifoliata
- Widespread PolypodyPecluma dispersa
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Young Palm OrchidTropidia polystachya
- African MahoganyKhaya senegalensis
- Allamanda catharticaAllamanda cathartica
- American Dog VioletViola labradorica
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Arborescent PricklypearOpuntia leucotricha
- ArrowrootMaranta arundinacea
- AvocadoPersea americana
- Banyan TreeFicus benghalensis
- BaquinaPiper umbellatum
- Barbados GooseberryPereskia aculeata
- Black OliveTerminalia buceras
- Brazilian BegoniaBegonia hirtella
- Burmese Fishtail PalmCaryota mitis
- CalabashCrescentia cujete
- Canary Island TamariskTamarix canariensis
- Cardboard PalmZamia furfuracea
- Century PlantAgave angustifolia
- Cerulean FlaxlilyDianella ensifolia
- China-shrubArdisia solanacea
- Chinese HatHolmskioldia sanguinea
- ChristmasvineIpomoea corymbosa
- CitronCitrus medica
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Commercial VanillaVanilla planifolia
- Common LignumvitaeGuaiacum officinale
- Copper IrisIris fulva
- Coral CactusRhipsalis cereuscula
- Corky Debbar TreePolyalthia suberosa
- Cure-for-allPluchea carolinensis
- Dense LogwoodXylosma congesta
- Devil's HorsewhipAchyranthes aspera var. pubescens
- Diamond MaidenhairAdiantum trapeziforme
- Diente De PerroLithachne pauciflora
- DitaAlstonia scholaris
- Dotted LancepodLonchocarpus punctatus
- Dotted Wild CoffeePsychotria punctata
- Double-edge MaidenhairAdiantum anceps
- Dutchman's-pipeAristolochia maxima
- Earleaf NightshadeSolanum mauritianum
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.