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.
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Cylindric-fruit SeedboxLudwigia glandulosa
- Florida Hammock SedgeCarex vexans
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Mexican Primrose-willowLudwigia octovalvis
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Raven's SeedboxLudwigia ravenii
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Climbing AsterSymphyotrichum carolinianum
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Quillwort ArrowheadSagittaria isoetiformis
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Giant Blue IrisIris giganticaerulea
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Southern LobeliaLobelia amoena
- Warty PanicgrassKellochloa verrucosa
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Gulf Coast Swallow-wortPattalias palustris
- Rough WitchgrassDichanthelium leucothrix
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Stout RushJuncus nodatus
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Cyperus articulatusCyperus articulatus
- Cyperus distinctusCyperus distinctus
- California BulrushSchoenoplectus californicus
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 142
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
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)
- 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.