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 0
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.







































