Habitat in Florida
Depression ponds and limesinks
Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons. Schafale
- Plants
- 124
- Birds
- 119
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Myrtle HollyIlex cassine var. myrtifolia
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium × anomalum
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- False FennelEupatorium leptophyllum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Croton elliottiiCroton elliottii
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Sideroxylon thorneiSideroxylon thornei
- Hairy SmartweedPersicaria hirsuta
- Nyssa ogecheNyssa ogeche
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Curtiss' PrimrosewillowLudwigia curtissii
- Harpers St. Johns Wort; Harpers St. JohnswortHypericum harperi
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Chapman's ArrowheadSagittaria graminea var. chapmanii
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Shrubby SeedboxLudwigia suffruticosa
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Lobelia flaccidifoliaLobelia flaccidifolia
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Boykin's LobeliaLobelia boykinii
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Lowland LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata var. hybrida
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Southeastern PanicgrassColeataenia tenera
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Canby's BulrushSchoenoplectus etuberculatus
- Rhexia parvifloraRhexia parviflora
- Rhexia salicifoliaRhexia salicifolia
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Coastal BeaksedgeRhynchospora pleiantha
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Grooved BeaksedgeRhynchospora sulcata
- Harper's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harperi
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 119
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriway
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Florida Grasshoper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.