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
- 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.