Habitat in Florida
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 251
- Birds
- 142
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Helianthus agrestisHelianthus agrestis
- Florida Water AsterSymphyotrichum fontinale
- Symphyotrichum bahamenseSymphyotrichum bahamense
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Ipomoea albaIpomoea alba
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Halberd-leaf RosemallowMuenchhusia laevis
- Pineland HibiscusSabdariffa aculeata
- Scarlet RosemallowMuenchhusia coccinea
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Elliott's MilkpeaGalactia elliottii
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- Longleaf CamphorweedPluchea longifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Florida AmaranthAmaranthus floridanus
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Asclepias connivensAsclepias connivens
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Reimar GrassPaspalum eglume
- Curtiss' PrimrosewillowLudwigia curtissii
- Ludwigia arcuataLudwigia arcuata
- Ludwigia erectaLudwigia erecta
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- Florida LoosestrifeLythrum flagellare
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Nieuwland"s LoosestrifeLythrum nieuwlandii
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 142
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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)
- Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.