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.
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- Garber's GayfeatherLiatris garberi
- Liatris gracilisLiatris gracilis
- Liatris patensLiatris patens
- Savanna GayfeatherLiatris savannensis
- Thickleaf Wild PetuniaRuellia succulenta
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium stoloniferum
- Apalachicola LobeliaLobelia apalachicolensis
- Digitaria serotinaDigitaria serotina
- Lobelia paludosaLobelia paludosa
- Savanna IrisIris tridentata
- Shortleaf LobeliaLobelia brevifolia
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Apalachicola IndiangrassSorghastrum apalachicolense
- Flaxleaf AsterIonactis repens
- Pine-hyacinthClematis baldwinii
- Asimina reticulataAsimina reticulata
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Manasota PawpawAsimina manasota
- Nuttall's LobeliaLobelia nuttallii
- Panicum abscissumColeataenia abscissa
- Pretty False PawpawAsimina pulchella
- Rugel's False PawpawAsimina rugelii
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Dixie Whitetop AsterSericocarpus tortifolius
- Eryngium aromaticumEryngium aromaticum
- Justicia crassifoliaJusticia crassifolia
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Hairy ChaffheadCarphephorus paniculatus
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Cyperus distinctusCyperus distinctus
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Florida SkullcapScutellaria floridana
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- MauveAbutilon hulseanum
- Phlox floridanaPhlox floridana
- Southern Elephants Foot; Southern ElephantsfootElephantopus elatus
- American DodderCuscuta americana
- Carphephorus corymbosusCarphephorus corymbosus
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Curtiss' BeakrushRhynchospora curtissii
- Florida BeaksedgeRhynchospora eximia
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Longbristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora megaplumosa
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.