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 Pipewort; Narrow Pipe WortEriocaulon lineare
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Baldwin's NutrushScleria baldwinii
- Clustered BluetEdrastima uniflora
- Netted NutrushScleria reticularis
- Slender-fruit NutrushScleria georgiana
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Dwarf-burheadHelanthium tenellum
- Erect CoinleafCentella asiatica
- Florida Peanut-grassAmphicarpum muehlenbergianum
- Fuirena pumilaFuirena pumila
- Fuirena scirpoideaFuirena scirpoidea
- Golden Hedge-hyssopGratiola aurea
- Mayaca fluviatilisMayaca fluviatilis
- Northern BluethreadBurmannia biflora
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Small's BogbuttonLachnocaulon minus
- Southern BluethreadBurmannia capitata
- Southern BogbuttonLachnocaulon beyrichianum
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- White ScrewstemBartonia verna
- Engler's BogbuttonsLachnocaulon engleri
- Callitriche pedunculosaCallitriche pedunculosa
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Dwarf PapyrusCyperus prolifer
- Ludwigia peruvianaLudwigia peruviana
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.