Habitat in Florida
Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)
Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead. NatureServe
- Plants
- 35
- Birds
- 112
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Sandpaper VervainVerbena scabra
- Limestone SandmatEuphorbia blodgettii
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Dwarf ArrowheadSagittaria subulata
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Black NeedlerushJuncus roemerianus
- Limestone FlatsedgeCyperus fuligineus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- White FenroseKosteletzkya depressa
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Carolina Sea-lavenderLimonium carolinianum
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Pink RedstemAmmannia latifolia
- Carolina Spider-lilyHymenocallis crassifolia
- RubbervineRhabdadenia biflora
- SwampbushPavonia paludicola
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Swamp RosemallowMuenchhusia grandiflora
- Solidago sempervirensSolidago sempervirens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 112
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
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.