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.
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Godfrey's SedgeCarex godfreyi
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Greenish-white SedgeCarex albolutescens
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Limestone Meadow SedgeCarex granularis
- Lined SedgeCarex striatula
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Prune-fruit SedgeCarex corrugata
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Slow SedgeCarex pigra
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Common PawpawAsimina triloba
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Climbing HydrangeaHydrangea barbara
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
- Georgia LobeliaLobelia georgiana
- Southern LobeliaLobelia amoena
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Fall Panic GrassPanicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Thicket CreeperCissus verticillata
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- Smooth PhloxPhlox glaberrima
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 130
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
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.