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.
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- West Indian CherryPrunus myrtifolia
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Roughleaf DogwoodCornus asperifolia
- Western SunflowerHelianthus occidentalis
- Ageratina jucundaAgeratina jucunda
- Beach MoonflowerIpomoea violacea
- Short's AsterSymphyotrichum shortii
- Poeppig's RosemallowHibiscus poeppigii
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Sand Live OakQuercus geminata
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Vicia floridanaVicia floridana
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- BullsuckersOpuntia ochrocentra
- Florida Hammock MilkpeaGalactia striata
- Hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia hirsuta
- Keys Spanish LadyOpuntia abjecta
- South Florida MilkpeaGalactia austrofloridensis
- Tampa Mock VervainGlandularia tampensis
- Bahama NightshadeSolanum bahamense
- Broombush FalsewillowBaccharis dioica
- Calloose GrapeVitis shuttleworthii
- False MasticSideroxylon foetidissimum
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- Mullein NightshadeSolanum donianum
- PepperbushCroton humilis
- PotatotreeSolanum erianthum
- Rufous Florida BullySideroxylon rufohirtum
- Saffron PlumSideroxylon celastrinum
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- Sideroxylon alachuenseSideroxylon alachuense
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Solanum carolinense var. floridanumSolanum carolinense var. floridanum
- Tough BumeliaSideroxylon tenax
- Willow BusticSideroxylon salicifolium
- Galactia brachypodaGalactia brachypoda
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Florida PrairiecloverDalea floridana
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
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.