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
- 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.