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.
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Arnoglossum sulcatumArnoglossum sulcatum
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Clinopodium browneiClinopodium brownei
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- American GroundnutApios americana
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Eleocharis montanaEleocharis montana
- Florida WatercressNasturtium floridanum
- RougeplantRivina humilis
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Irisleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris laxifolia var. iridifolia
- Largeseed Forget-me-notMyosotis macrosperma
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Eastern Marsh FernThelypteris palustris var. pubescens
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- Gulf Sebastian-bushDitrysinia fruticosa
- American BladdernutStaphylea trifolia
- American BugleweedLycopus americanus
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Creeping CucumberMelothria pendula
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Bears FootSmallanthus uvedalia
- Eastern BluestarAmsonia tabernaemontana
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Netted Chain-fernWoodwardia areolata
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Virginia Chain-fernWoodwardia virginica
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Eastern LeatherwoodDirca palustris
- Lance Leaf TrilliumTrillium lancifolium
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Woolly Dutchman's-pipeAristolochia tomentosa
- Beaked CornsaladValerianella radiata
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Florida ValerianValeriana scandens
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.