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.
- Cathedral BellsKalanchoe pinnata
- CogongrassImperata cylindrica
- Eulophia gramineaEulophia graminea
- Indian RosewoodDalbergia sissoo
- Japanese ArdisiaArdisia japonica
- Japanese Climbing FernLygodium japonicum
- Japanese Virgin's-bowerClematis terniflora
- Largeflower Mexican CloverRichardia grandiflora
- Macroptilium lathyroidesMacroptilium lathyroides
- Paper MulberryBroussonetia papyrifera
- Pink TabebuiaTabebuia heterophylla
- Scarlet MilkweedAsclepias curassavica
- Simpleleaf ChastetreeVitex trifolia
- Spanish ArborvineDistimake tuberosus
- Sweet TangleheadHeteropogon melanocarpus
- Tender FountaingrassCenchrus setaceus
- Tribulus cistoidesTribulus cistoides
- Tropical Soda-appleSolanum viarum
- Turkey BerrySolanum torvum
- Umbrella PlantCyperus involucratus
- Abrus precatoriusAbrus precatorius
- Asian Sword FernNephrolepis brownii
- Beach NaupakaScaevola taccada
- Common LantanaLantana strigocamara
- Dioscorea alataDioscorea alata
- Glossy PrivetLigustrum lucidum
- KudzuPueraria montana var. lobata
- Mexican PetuniaRuellia simplex
- MimosaAlbizia julibrissin
- Orchid TreeBauhinia variegata
- PunktreeMelaleuca quinquenervia
- Santa MariaCalophyllum antillanum
- SewervinePaederia cruddasiana
- Sprenger's Asparagus-FernAsparagus aethiopicus
- ValamuertoSenna pendula var. glabrata
- Camphor-treeCamphora officinarum
- TaroColocasia esculenta
- Bowstring HempDracaena hyacinthoides
- Browne's BlechumRuellia blechum
- Chinese FountaingrassCenchrus polystachios
- Cocos nuciferaCocos nucifera
- Common Water-hyacinthEichhornia crassipes
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- Dayflowering JessamineCestrum diurnum
- DeviltreeAlstonia macrophylla
- Ladder BrakePteris vittata
- Limnophila sessilifloraLimnophila sessiliflora
- MolassesgrassMelinis minutiflora
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.


































































