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.
- Myrtle HollyIlex cassine var. myrtifolia
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium × anomalum
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- False FennelEupatorium leptophyllum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Croton elliottiiCroton elliottii
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Sideroxylon thorneiSideroxylon thornei
- Hairy SmartweedPersicaria hirsuta
- Nyssa ogecheNyssa ogeche
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Curtiss' PrimrosewillowLudwigia curtissii
- Harpers St. Johns Wort; Harpers St. JohnswortHypericum harperi
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Chapman's ArrowheadSagittaria graminea var. chapmanii
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Shrubby SeedboxLudwigia suffruticosa
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Lobelia flaccidifoliaLobelia flaccidifolia
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Boykin's LobeliaLobelia boykinii
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Lowland LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata var. hybrida
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Southeastern PanicgrassColeataenia tenera
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Canby's BulrushSchoenoplectus etuberculatus
- Rhexia parvifloraRhexia parviflora
- Rhexia salicifoliaRhexia salicifolia
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Coastal BeaksedgeRhynchospora pleiantha
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Grooved BeaksedgeRhynchospora sulcata
- Harper's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harperi
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
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.