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.
- MayapplePodophyllum peltatum
- Mottled Trillium; Spotted TrilliumTrillium maculatum
- Apalachicola Doll's DaisyBoltonia apalachicolensis
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Sessile-leaf BellwortUvularia sessilifolia
- Uvularia floridanaUvularia floridana
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus valerandi subsp. parviflorus
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Branched FoldwingDicliptera brachiata
- Canada MoonseedMenispermum canadense
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla filiculoides
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Dyschoriste humistrataDyschoriste humistrata
- Southern QuillwortIsoetes flaccida
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella repens
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
- Hymenocallis choctawensisHymenocallis choctawensis
- Hymenocallis duvalensisHymenocallis duvalensis
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium filix-femina subsp. asplenioides
- Toothpetal False ReinorchidHabenaria floribunda
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Kidneyleaf Mud-plantainHeteranthera reniformis
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- TwinberryMyrcianthes fragrans
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
- Green DragonArisaema dracontium
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema quinatum
- Rattlesnake FernBotrychium virginianum
- Spreading ChervilChaerophyllum procumbens
- Small-flowered BuckthornSageretia minutiflora
- American LopseedPhryma leptostachya
- Bay StarvineSchisandra glabra
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Small-flower Baby-blue-eyesNemophila aphylla
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
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.