Habitat in Florida
Florida scrub
Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills. NatureServe
- Plants
- 100
- Birds
- 64
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Pigmy FringetreeChionanthus pygmaeus
- Coastal Sand FrostweedCrocanthemum arenicola
- Florida Scrub FrostweedCrocanthemum nashii
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Lewton's MilkwortSenega lewtonii
- Blushing Scrub BalmDicerandra modesta
- Lake Wales BalmDicerandra christmanii
- Lakela's BalmDicerandra immaculata var. immaculata
- Longspur BalmDicerandra cornutissima
- Scrub BalmDicerandra frutescens
- Titusville BalmDicerandra thinicola
- Tallow WoodXimenia americana
- Scrub Wild OliveCartrema floridanum
- Tillandsia utriculataTillandsia utriculata
- Florida AliciaChapmannia floridana
- Showy DawnflowerStylisma abdita
- Stylisma villosaStylisma villosa
- Aristida mohriiAristida mohrii
- Gymnopogon chapmanianusGymnopogon chapmanianus
- Piloblephis rigidaPiloblephis rigida
- Sisyrinchium xerophyllumSisyrinchium xerophyllum
- Britton's BeargrassNolina brittoniana
- Burrowing Four-o'clockOkenia hypogaea
- False RosemaryConradina brevifolia
- False RosemaryConradina canescens
- False RosemaryConradina cygniflora
- Largeflower False RosemaryConradina grandiflora
- Polanisia tenuifoliaPolanisia tenuifolia
- Drysand PinweedLechea divaricata
- Lakela's PinweedLechea lakelae
- Lechea deckertiiLechea deckertii
- Nodding PinweedLechea cernua
- Carter's PinelandcressWarea carteri
- Wideleaf PinelandcressWarea amplexifolia
- Coastal Plain NailwortParonychia herniarioides
- Sandy-field HairsedgeBulbostylis stenophylla
- Ware's HairsedgeBulbostylis warei
- Caribbean ApplecactusHarrisia fragrans
- Clinopodium asheiCalamintha ashei
- Florida JujubePseudoziziphus celata
- Florida Lady's NightcapBonamia grandiflora
- Florida NailwortParonychia discoveryi
- Gratiola hispidaSophronanthe hispida
- Lindenleaf RosemallowSabdariffa furcellata
- Love VineCassytha filiformis
- Paper NailwortParonychia chartacea
- Paronychia americanaParonychia americana
- Schoenocaulon dubiumSchoenocaulon dubium
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 61
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 3
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.