Habitat in Florida
Dry forests and woodlands
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine. Schafale
- Plants
- 130
- Birds
- 79
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Virginia SnakerootAristolochia serpentaria
- Perfoliate BellwortUvularia perfoliata
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- Clasping Venus's-looking-glassTriodanis perfoliata
- Indian-pipeMonotropa uniflora
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Wavyleaf NoseburnTragia urens
- Tragia smalliiTragia smallii
- Green-violetCubelium concolor
- Indian PinkSpigelia marilandica
- Carolina CoralbeadCocculus carolinus
- Dioscorea floridanaDioscorea floridana
- Grassleaf RoselingCallisia graminea
- Piedmont RoselingCallisia rosea
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- BeechdropsEpifagus virginiana
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
- Cranefly OrchidTipularia discolor
- Crested CoralrootHexalectris spicata
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscaetoxicum
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- Blackberry-lilyIris domestica
- Tung-oil TreeVernicia fordii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 72
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 7
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.