Habitat in Florida
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 286
- Birds
- 130
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Helianthus agrestisHelianthus agrestis
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Grass-leaved Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia graminifolia
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Spanish-needlesBidens bipinnata
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Swamp Post OakQuercus similis
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- Baptisia megacarpaBaptisia megacarpa
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Viburnum obovatumViburnum obovatum
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
- Pale SmartweedPersicaria lapathifolia
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- Riverflat HawthornCrataegus opaca
- Sideroxylon thorneiSideroxylon thornei
- Threepart VioletViola tripartita
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- JumpseedPersicaria virginiana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 130
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
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.