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.

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Tree. Native
Alabama Azalea
Rhododendron alabamense
Shrub. Native
Slender Flat-top Goldenrod
Euthamia caroliniana
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Arrowleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Tree. Native
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Tree. Native
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hollow Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Wildflower or fern. Native
Baptisia megacarpa
Baptisia megacarpa
Native
Buckthorn Bumelia
Sideroxylon lycioides
Tree. Native
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Tree. Native
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Shrub. Native
Threepart Violet
Viola tripartita
Wildflower or fern. Native
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Tree. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia
Tree. Native
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Tree. Native
Fewflower Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum pauciflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vine. Native
Cat Greenbrier
Smilax glauca
Shrub. Native
Common Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
Vine. Native
Devil's-walkingstick
Aralia spinosa
Tree. Native
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
Tree. Native
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Tree. Native
Umbrella Magnolia
Magnolia tripetala
Tree. Native
Early St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum
Shrub. Native
Early St. Johns Wort; Early St. Johnswort
Hypericum apocynifolium
Native
Fernald's Tick-trefoil
Desmodium fernaldii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Naked Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pointedleaf Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Rustyseed Paspalum
Paspalum botterii
Native
American Basswood; American Linden
Tilia americana var. caroliniana
Tree. Native
American Basswood; American Linden
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Tree. Native
Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
Shrub. Native
Pyramid Magnolia
Magnolia pyramidata
Tree. Native
Tinted Spurge
Euphorbia commutata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Shrub. Native
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Grass or sedge. Native
Leonard's Witch Hazel
Hamamelis ovalis
Native
Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Hop-hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Tree. Native
Northern Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Shrub. Native
Spotted Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
Wildflower or fern. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 77

Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Year-round
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Year-round
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Winter
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Winter
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Year-round
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Winter
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Winter
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Year-round
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Winter
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Summer
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Year-round
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Winter, beside its main habitat
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Winter
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Year-round
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Year-round
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Year-round
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Winter
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Summer
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
Summer
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Winter
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Winter

Near water in this habitat 14

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Summer, only within 120 m of water
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Summer, only within 1,000 m of water
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.