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
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
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.