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
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-crowned ParrotAmazona viridigenalis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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
- 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.