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
- 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.