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
- 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.