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
- 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.