Habitat in Florida
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground. NatureServe
- Plants
- 58
- Birds
- 202
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- TaroAlocasia odora
- Texas WeedCaperonia palustris
- Thick Ditch CrowngrassPaspalum arundinaceum
- Wild Red RiceOryza rufipogon
- YefenFuirena umbellata
- Zigzag JointvetchAeschynomene rudis
- Roundleaf ToothcupRotala rotundifolia
- Black MimosaMimosa pigra
- Urochloa muticaUrochloa mutica
- Water-spinachIpomoea aquatica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 202
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.