Habitat in Florida
Mangrove swamps
Tidal forests and thickets of red, black and white mangrove along sheltered tropical and subtropical shores. NatureServe
- Plants
- 28
- Birds
- 85
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Florida Hammock MilkpeaGalactia striata
- Tree Seaside OxeyeBorrichia arborescens
- White TwinevineFunastrum clausum
- Browne's Indian RosewoodDalbergia brownei
- Dalbergia ecastaphyllumDalbergia ecastaphyllum
- White MangroveLaguncularia racemosa
- Potbelly AirplantTillandsia paucifolia
- Tillandsia setaceaTillandsia setacea
- Twisted AirplantTillandsia flexuosa
- Batis maritimaBatis maritima
- Golden Leather FernAcrostichum aureum
- Ribbon FernPleopeltis marginata
- Mangrove SpiderlilyHymenocallis latifolia
- RubbervineRhabdadenia biflora
- SwampbushPavonia paludicola
- Wormvine OrchidVanilla barbellata
- Bindweed Dwarf Morning-gloryEvolvulus convolvuloides
- Coot Bay Dancinglady OrchidTrichocentrum carthagenense
- Mule-ear OncidiumTrichocentrum undulatum
- Wild AllamandaPentalinon luteum
- Dollar OrchidProsthechea boothiana var. erythronioides
- Florida Dancinglady OrchidOncidium ensatum
- BraceletwoodJacquinia arborea
- Australian AlmondTerminalia muelleri
- Madagascar RubbervineCryptostegia madagascariensis
- Black MimosaMimosa pigra
- KripaLumnitzera racemosa
- Serpent FernMicrosorum grossum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 85
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.