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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 1524
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Marsilea muticaMarsilea mutica
- Matted CrowngrassPaspalum minus
- Monkey's-combAmphilophium crucigerum
- MonkeypodPithecellobium dulce
- Mourning Love GrassEragrostis lugens
- Naked-stem DewflowerMurdannia nudiflora
- NeverdieKalanchoe crenata
- Nicotiana glaucaNicotiana glauca
- Nightblooming CactusSelenicereus undatus
- Orchard GrassDactylis glomerata
- Palmer's AmaranthAmaranthus palmeri
- Pampas GrassCortaderia selloana
- Pavonia hastataPavonia hastata
- PeachPrunus persica
- Philippine Ground OrchidSpathoglottis plicata
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Pinkhead SmartweedPersicaria capitata
- Prairie Cup GrassEriochloa contracta
- Prickly FanpetalsSida spinosa
- Princess-treePaulownia tomentosa
- Purple MombinSpondias purpurea
- Red SpiderlingBoerhavia coccinea
- RockrootAgdestis clematidea
- Rooted Water-hyacinthEichhornia azurea
- Rose-mossPortulaca grandiflora
- Roundhead RushJuncus validus
- Roundleaf CancerwortKickxia spuria
- Royal PoincianaDelonix regia
- Salzmann's Mille GrainesOldenlandia salzmannii
- Seaside PetuniaCalibrachoa parviflora
- Sericea LespedezaLespedeza cuneata
- Showy Evening-primroseOenothera grandis
- Slender AmaranthAmaranthus viridis
- Slender CalamintClinopodium gracile
- Slender VervainVerbena rigida
- Slimflower LovegrassEragrostis gangetica
- Smooth JoyweedAlternanthera paronichyoides
- Smut-grassSporobolus indicus
- Solanum umbellatumSolanum umbellatum
- Soldier's OrchidZeuxine strateumatica
- South American SeedboxLudwigia bonariensis
- South American VervainVerbena bonariensis
- Spider-flowerTarenaya houtteana
- Starch Grape-hyacinthMuscari neglectum
- StarhornHygrophila corymbosa
- Stringy StonecropSedum sarmentosum
- TannergrassUrochloa arrecta
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 79
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescens
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Near water in this habitat 21
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (67)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Fulvous Whistling-duck
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Henslow's Sparrow
- Indigo Bunting
- Limpkin
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Mallard
- Merlin
- Mottled Duck
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Shoveler
- Painted Bunting
- Palm Warbler
- Peregrine Falcon
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Short-eared Owl
- Song Sparrow
- Sora
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Whooping Crane
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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.






































































