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
- 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.