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
- 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.