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
- 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.