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.
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Green FlatsedgeCyperus virens
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Marsh FlatsedgeCyperus pseudovegetus
- Mingled BeakrushRhynchospora mixta
- Redroot FlatsedgeCyperus erythrorhizos
- Saccharum coarctatumSaccharum coarctatum
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Swamp-forest BeaksedgeRhynchospora decurrens
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Tracy's BeaksedgeRhynchospora tracyi
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Yellow FlatsedgeCyperus flavescens
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Coast Cockspur-grassEchinochloa walteri
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Narrow PlumegrassSaccharum baldwinii
- Smallhead Marsh-elderIva microcephala
- Sugarcane PlumegrassSaccharum giganteum
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Blue Water-hyssopBacopa caroliniana
- Capitate Spike Rush; Capitate SpikerushEleocharis geniculata
- Tropical Water-hyssopBacopa innominata
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Squarestem SpikerushEleocharis quadrangulata
- Bog YellowcressRorippa palustris
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- Irisleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris laxifolia var. iridifolia
- Small's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris smalliana
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- White TwinevineFunastrum clausum
- Seashore SaltgrassDistichlis spicata
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
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.