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.
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Helianthus agrestisHelianthus agrestis
- Florida Water AsterSymphyotrichum fontinale
- Symphyotrichum bahamenseSymphyotrichum bahamense
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Halberd-leaf RosemallowMuenchhusia laevis
- Pineland HibiscusSabdariffa aculeata
- Scarlet RosemallowMuenchhusia coccinea
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Elliott's MilkpeaGalactia elliottii
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- Longleaf CamphorweedPluchea longifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Florida AmaranthAmaranthus floridanus
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Asclepias connivensAsclepias connivens
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Reimar GrassPaspalum eglume
- Curtiss' PrimrosewillowLudwigia curtissii
- Ludwigia arcuataLudwigia arcuata
- Ludwigia erectaLudwigia erecta
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- Florida LoosestrifeLythrum flagellare
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Nieuwland"s LoosestrifeLythrum nieuwlandii
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- BagpodSesbania vesicaria
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.