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.
- Upright BurheadEchinodorus berteroi
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Widgeon-grassRuppia maritima
- Celestial LilyNemastylis floridana
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- PinepinkBletia purpurea
- Three-rib ArrowgrassTriglochin striata
- Wright's WaternymphNajas wrightiana
- Annual Sea-bliteSuaeda linearis
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Fuirena scirpoideaFuirena scirpoidea
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Mayaca fluviatilisMayaca fluviatilis
- Shaggy Hedge-hyssopSophronanthe pilosa
- Short's Hedge-hyssopGratiola viscidula
- Black BogrushSchoenus nigricans
- Leitneria floridanaLeitneria floridana
- Lindenleaf RosemallowSabdariffa furcellata
- Spermacoce assurgensBorreria remota
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Wild CocoEulophia alta
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Asiatic DewflowerMurdannia spirata var. parviflora
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Cyperus entrerianusCyperus entrerianus
- Cyperus ochraceusCyperus ochraceus
- Cyperus oxylepisCyperus oxylepis
- Giant ArrowheadSagittaria montevidensis
- Indian JointvetchAeschynomene indica
- Ipomoea albaIpomoea alba
- Longleaf PrimrosewillowLudwigia longifolia
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- Mourning Love GrassEragrostis lugens
- Nealley's SprangletopDinebra nealleyi
- Pampas GrassCortaderia selloana
- PanalSesuvium humifusum
- Papyrus FlatsedgeCyperus papyrus
- Phalaris angustaPhalaris angusta
- Piedmont FlatsedgeCyperus distans
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Salzmann's Mille GrainesOldenlandia salzmannii
- Thick Ditch CrowngrassPaspalum arundinaceum
- Water SpeedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
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.