Habitat in Florida
Pine flatwoods
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas. Schafale
- Plants
- 315
- Birds
- 127
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Asclepias connivensAsclepias connivens
- Asclepias viridulaAsclepias viridula
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Coastal Dune SandmatEuphorbia cumulicola
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Florida MilkweedAsclepias feayi
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Lesser Florida SpurgeEuphorbia polyphylla
- Telephus SpurgeEuphorbia telephioides
- Arcadian St.john's-wortHypericum edisonianum
- Atlantic St. John's-wortHypericum tenuifolium
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Florida Sands St.john's-wortHypericum exile
- Hypericum brachyphyllumHypericum brachyphyllum
- Hypericum microsepalumHypericum microsepalum
- Pineland St. John's-wortHypericum suffruticosum
- Roundpod St. John's-wortHypericum cistifolium
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Curtiss' PrimrosewillowLudwigia curtissii
- Florida TickseedCoreopsis floridana
- Leavenworth's TickseedCoreopsis leavenworthii
- Asclepias cinereaAsclepias cinerea
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Lantana sandersii var. sandersiiLantana sandersii var. sandersii
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Savanna MilkweedAsclepias pedicellata
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Velvetleaf MilkweedAsclepias tomentosa
- Agalinis laxaAgalinis laxa
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- Seaside SeedboxLudwigia maritima
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Oclemena reticulataOclemena reticulata
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 116
- Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- King RailRallus elegans
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
Near water in this habitat 11
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- 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.