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.
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Marsh FlatsedgeCyperus pseudovegetus
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Poorland FlatsedgeCyperus compressus
- Redroot FlatsedgeCyperus erythrorhizos
- Rough FlatsedgeCyperus retrofractus
- Saccharum coarctatumSaccharum coarctatum
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Southeastern FlatsedgeCyperus filiculmis
- Spreading SpiderlingBoerhavia diffusa
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Thorne's BeaksedgeRhynchospora thornei
- Yellow FlatsedgeCyperus flavescens
- Coastal BristlegrassSetaria corrugata
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- False MallowMalvastrum corchorifolium
- Fiveangle DodderCuscuta pentagona
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Indian Valley False MallowMalvastrum americanum
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Narrowleaf GromwellLithospermum incisum
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Narrow PlumegrassSaccharum baldwinii
- Rhynchosia michauxiiRhynchosia michauxii
- Silver PlumegrassSaccharum alopecuroides
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Sugarcane PlumegrassSaccharum giganteum
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- Capitate Spike Rush; Capitate SpikerushEleocharis geniculata
- Eleocharis montanaEleocharis montana
- Florida PoisontreeMetopium toxiferum
- Poverty DropseedSporobolus vaginiflorus
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Horsetail SpikerushEleocharis equisetoides
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.