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
- 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.