Habitat in Florida
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 1524
- Birds
- 167
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- RhodesgrassChloris gayana
- Rice Paddy HerbLimnophila aromatica
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Richard's FlatsedgeCyperus richardii
- Roadside FlatsedgeCyperus sphacelatus
- Roadside WoodroseDistimake cissoides
- Rock RosemaryDistimake quinquefolius
- Rocket LarkspurDelphinium ajacis
- RockrootAgdestis clematidea
- RoostertreeCalotropis procera
- Rooted Water-hyacinthEichhornia azurea
- Rose CactusPereskia grandifolia
- Rose CloverTrifolium hirtum
- Rose-mossPortulaca grandiflora
- Rough Mexican-cloverRichardia scabra
- Roundhead RushJuncus validus
- Roundleaf CancerwortKickxia spuria
- RousseliaRousselia humilis
- Royal PoincianaDelonix regia
- Ruellia dipteracanthusRuellia dipteracanthus
- Rusty IndigoIndigofera colutea
- Rye BromeBromus secalinus
- Sacred DaturaDatura wrightii
- Sacred Thorn AppleDatura metel
- Salmon TasselflowerEmilia fosbergii
- Salvia farinaceaSalvia farinacea
- Salzmann's Mille GrainesOldenlandia salzmannii
- SandalwoodSantalum album
- Scarlet JungleflameIxora coccinea
- Scarlet PassionflowerPassiflora miniata
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Scarlet Sage; Blood SageSalvia coccinea
- Scorpion TicktrefoilDesmodium scorpiurus
- Seaside PetuniaCalibrachoa parviflora
- Senna alataSenna alata
- Senna corymbosaSenna corymbosa
- Senna didymobotryaSenna didymobotrya
- Sensitive PlantMimosa pudica
- Sericea LespedezaLespedeza cuneata
- ShellflowerAlpinia zerumbet
- Showy Evening-primroseOenothera grandis
- Showy RattleboxCrotalaria spectabilis
- Shrub SunflowerTithonia diversifolia
- Shrubby False ButtonweedBorreria verticillata
- SilkoakGrevillea robusta
- Silky SesbanSesbania sericea
- Silver HairgrassAira caryophyllea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 126
- Florida Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
- Florida Grasshoper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanus
- Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescens
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mitred ParakeetAratinga mitrata
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-crowned ParrotAmazona viridigenalis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
Near water in this habitat 41
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- 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.