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
- 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.