Habitat in Florida
Maritime forests and thickets
Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes. Schafale
- Plants
- 48
- Birds
- 94
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Yaupon HollyIlex vomitoria
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Live OakQuercus virginiana
- Pineland HibiscusSabdariffa aculeata
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Solanum carolinense var. floridanumSolanum carolinense var. floridanum
- Tough BumeliaSideroxylon tenax
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- Swamp RedbayPersea palustris
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Carex dasycarpaCarex dasycarpa
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Yellow PassionflowerPassiflora lutea
- Calcium-fleeing SedgeCarex calcifugens
- Florida SedgeCarex nigromarginata var. floridana
- Asimina angustifoliaAsimina angustifolia
- Thicket CreeperCissus verticillata
- Carolina IndigoIndigofera caroliniana
- Setaria macrospermaSetaria macrosperma
- Four-angle FlatsedgeCyperus tetragonus
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
- Coral-beanErythrina herbacea
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Forestiera godfreyiForestiera godfreyi
- Forestiera segregataForestiera segregata
- Rain LilyZephyranthes simpsonii
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Shortleaf BasketgrassOplismenus setarius
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Small-flowered BuckthornSageretia minutiflora
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- Aspidistra elatiorAspidistra elatior
- Japanese Mock-orangePittosporum tobira
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 92
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Near water in this habitat 2
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) 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.










































































