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
- 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.