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.
- CupseedCalycocarpum lyonii
- Ray FernActinostachys pennula
- Spermacoce assurgensBorreria remota
- Sticky Hedge HyssopGratiola brevifolia
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Annual Marsh-elderIva annua
- Asiatic DayflowerCommelina communis
- Chinese YamDioscorea polystachya
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Cyperus entrerianusCyperus entrerianus
- Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
- Five-leaf AkebiaAkebia quinata
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- Higan CherryPrunus subhirtella
- Hoary BowlesiaBowlesia incana
- Japanese CleyeraTernstroemia gymnanthera
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Jerusalem CherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
- Lax Panic GrassSteinchisma laxum
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pouzolz's BushPouzolzia zeylanica
- Sericea LespedezaLespedeza cuneata
- Slender CalamintClinopodium gracile
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Spiny False FiddleleafHydrolea capsularis
- Spring StarflowerIpheion uniflorum
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Trifoliate OrangeCitrus trifoliata
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Yellow Day-lilyHemerocallis lilioasphodelus
- TaroColocasia esculenta
- Tung-oil TreeVernicia fordii
- Begonia cucullataBegonia cucullata
- Chinese FountaingrassCenchrus polystachios
- Chinese PrivetLigustrum sinense
- Japanese Stilt-grassMicrostegium vimineum
- Javanese BishopwoodBischofia javanica
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.