Habitat in Florida
Moist forests
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale
- Plants
- 174
- Birds
- 91
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Bay StarvineSchisandra glabra
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscaetoxicum
- Hairy-fruit ChervilChaerophyllum tainturieri
- Indian Cucumber-rootMedeola virginiana
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Lowland Bladder FernCystopteris protrusa
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Apteria aphyllaApteria aphylla
- Broadleaf NoddingcapsTriphora amazonica
- Craighead's NoddingcapsTriphora craigheadii
- Ozark GrassLimnodea arkansana
- American Dog VioletViola labradorica
- Cherokee RoseRosa laevigata
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Japanese CleyeraTernstroemia gymnanthera
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Selaginella uncinataSelaginella uncinata
- Simpler Holly FernArachniodes simplicior
- White MulberryMorus alba
- Chinese PrivetLigustrum sinense
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 77
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 14
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.