Habitat in Florida
Freshwater tidal marshes
Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide. Schafale
- Plants
- 21
- Birds
- 124
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Saltmarsh Water-hempAmaranthus cannabinus
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Climbing AsterSymphyotrichum carolinianum
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- Big CordgrassSpartina cynosuroides
- Coastal Water-hyssopBacopa monnieri
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Beaked SpikerushEleocharis rostellata
- Small-leaved Meadow-rueThalictrum macrostylum
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- Seashore MallowKosteletzkya pentacarpos
- Godfrey's SandwortSabulina paludicola
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- South American SeedboxLudwigia bonariensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 124
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- 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
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.