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
- 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.