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
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.