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.
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Mimosa strigillosaMimosa strigillosa
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Spruce Pine; Walters Pine; Cedar PinePinus glabra
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Early St. Johns Wort; Early St. JohnswortHypericum apocynifolium
- Reimar GrassPaspalum eglume
- Coreopsis integrifoliaCoreopsis integrifolia
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Florida LoosestrifeLythrum flagellare
- Carex thorneiCarex thornei
- Chapman's SedgeCarex chapmannii
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Star ChickweedStellaria puber
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Eastern WahooEuonymus atropurpureus
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Coastal Plain SedgeCarex crebriflora
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Gholson's SedgeCarex gholsonii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 130
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- 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
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.