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.
- Narrow-fruit Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora inundata
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- Tracy's BeaksedgeRhynchospora tracyi
- Clinopodium browneiClinopodium brownei
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Narrow PlumegrassSaccharum baldwinii
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Horsetail SpikerushEleocharis equisetoides
- Kral's Yellow Eyed GrassXyris longisepala
- Quillwort Yellow Eyed GrassXyris isoetifolia
- Robbins's SpikerushEleocharis robbinsii
- Slim SpikerushEleocharis elongata
- St. Marks Yelloweyed GrassXyris panacea
- Three-angle SpikerushEleocharis tricostata
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- Xyris stenoteraXyris stenotera
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Pineland Yellow-eyed-grassXyris stricta
- Xyris elliottiiXyris elliottii
- Tall Pinebarren MilkwortSenega cymosa
- Virginia Chain-fernWoodwardia virginica
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- Big Floating-heartNymphoides aquatica
- Hydrolea corymbosaHydrolea corymbosa
- Large Flower Rose GentianSabatia grandiflora
- Little Floating-heartNymphoides cordata
- Dwarf BladderwortUtricularia olivacea
- Floating BladderwortUtricularia radiata
- Florida Yellow BladderwortUtricularia floridana
- Horned BladderwortUtricularia cornuta
- Lavender BladderwortUtricularia resupinata
- Leafy BladderwortUtricularia foliosa
- Southern BladderwortUtricularia juncea
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- PondspiceLitsea aestivalis
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla filiculoides
- Carolina Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia caroliniana
- Golden-crestLophiola aurea
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
- 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.