Habitat in Florida
Forest edges and thickets
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets. Schafale
- Plants
- 139
- Birds
- 106

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- DoctorbushPlumbago zeylanica
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Bigtop LovegrassEragrostis hirsuta
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Forestiera segregataForestiera segregata
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Caesalpinia bonducGuilandina bonduc
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- One-seed Bur-cucumberSicyos angulatus
- Carolina CoralbeadCocculus carolinus
- Fringed NutrushScleria ciliata
- Southern GrapefernBotrychium biternatum
- CatstonguePriva lappulacea
- Brazilian VervainVerbena brasiliensis
- Chaste-treeVitex agnus-castus
- Chinese YamDioscorea polystachya
- Commom DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- Common FigFicus carica
- Crown-vetchCoronilla varia
- Florida Tick-trefoilDesmodium tortuosum
- Gaura sinuataOenothera sinuosa
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- Indian StrawberryPotentilla indica
- Latin American FlatsedgeCyperus lentiginosus
- Lesser Balloon-vineCardiospermum halicacabum
- Malva De CaballoMalachra capitata
- Matted CrowngrassPaspalum minus
- Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
- Orchard GrassDactylis glomerata
- PeachPrunus persica
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Silverleaf NightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Violet CrabgrassDigitaria violascens
- White AllingBontia daphnoides
- White PoplarPopulus alba
- Dioscorea bulbiferaDioscorea bulbifera
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 94
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Near water in this habitat 12
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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)
- Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.









































































