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
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.