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
- 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.