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
- 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.