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.
- Variegated OrchidTolumnia bahamensis
- White Cypress-pineCallitris glaucophylla
- Javanese BishopwoodBischofia javanica
- Woman's TongueAlbizia lebbeck
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.