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.
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Verbesina aristataVerbesina aristata
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- White OakQuercus alba
- Allegheny ChinquapinCastanea pumila
- American ChestnutCastanea dentata
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Crataegus flavaCrataegus flava
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- St. Andrew's-crossHypericum hypericoides
- Cream Tick-trefoilDesmodium ochroleucum
- Large Spotted St. JohnswortHypericum pseudomaculatum
- Naked Tick-trefoilHylodesmum nudiflorum
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoilDesmodium strictum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Sessileleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium sessilifolium
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- American Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. heterophylla
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Mobile OnionAllium canadense var. mobilense
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Chattahoochee False FoxgloveAgalinis plukenetii
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
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.