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
- 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.