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.
- Apalachicola LobeliaLobelia apalachicolensis
- Cenchrus myosuroidesCenchrus myosuroides
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Digitaria serotinaDigitaria serotina
- Fall WitchgrassDigitaria cognata
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Jamaican CrabgrassDigitaria horizontalis
- Lobelia paludosaLobelia paludosa
- Ohio SpiderwortTradescantia ohiensis
- Pineland LobeliaLobelia homophylla
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
- Pineland False ButtonweedSpermacoce tetraquetra
- Pink Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles umbellata
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Dominican SignalgrassUrochloa adspersa
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata var. lanceolata
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Slim-bristle SandspurCenchrus brownii
- Southern SandspurCenchrus echinatus
- Warty PanicgrassKellochloa verrucosa
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Slender Scratch-daisyCroptilon divaricatum
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Broadleaf Signal-grassUrochloa platyphylla
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Carolina False-dandelionPyrrhopappus carolinianus
- Deer-tongue WitchgrassDichanthelium clandestinum
- Eryngium baldwiniiEryngium baldwinii
- Fall Panic GrassPanicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Heller's WitchgrassDichanthelium oligosanthes
- Justicia angustaJusticia angusta
- Lindheimers Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
- Needleleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium aciculare
- Old-witch PanicgrassPanicum capillare
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Roundseed WitchgrassDichanthelium sphaerocarpon
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Shortleaf Wild CoffeePsychotria tenuifolia
- Swamp RushJuncus paludosus
- Tapered Leaf Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 126
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.