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.
- Eastern Marsh FernThelypteris palustris var. pubescens
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Thalia geniculataThalia geniculata
- SawgrassCladium jamaicense
- Soapwort GentianGentiana saponaria
- American BugleweedLycopus americanus
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Pine Barren FluffgrassTridens ambiguus
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Southern Wild-riceZizaniopsis miliacea
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Creeping CucumberMelothria pendula
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Meadow JointvetchAeschynomene pratensis var. pratensis
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Mock BishopweedPtilimnium capillaceum
- Rice CutgrassLeersia oryzoides
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- Common Rose-pinkSabatia angularis
- Flaveria trinerviaFlaveria trinervia
- Large Flower Rose GentianSabatia grandiflora
- Marsh Rose-gentianSabatia dodecandra
- Narrowleaf YellowtopsFlaveria linearis
- Saltmarsh FingergrassEustachys glauca
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- BeachberryScaevola plumieri
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Common ReedPhragmites berlandieri
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus valerandi subsp. parviflorus
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Dwarf GlasswortSalicornia bigelovii
- Tropical SprangletopLeptochloa virgata
- Chestnutleaf FalsecrotonCaperonia castaneifolia
- Giant Leather FernAcrostichum danaeifolium
- Smallfruit VarnishleafDodonaea elaeagnoides
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Lowland RotalaRotala ramosior
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- Florida SpiderlilyHymenocallis tridentata
- Golden-crestLophiola aurea
- Scoparia dulcisScoparia dulcis
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
- 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.