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.
- Rhexia nuttalliiRhexia nuttallii
- Rhynchospora fernaldiiRhynchospora fernaldii
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- West's FlaxLinum westii
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Rhynchosia minimaRhynchosia minima
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Pycnanthemum nudumPycnanthemum nudum
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Smallhead Marsh-elderIva microcephala
- Sugarcane PlumegrassSaccharum giganteum
- Sporobolus curtissiiSporobolus curtissii
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Limestone Yelloweyed GrassXyris calcicola
- Quillwort Yellow Eyed GrassXyris isoetifolia
- Xyris drummondiiXyris drummondii
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris floridana
- Savanna Yellow-eyed-grassXyris flabelliformis
- Shortleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris brevifolia
- Xyris elliottiiXyris elliottii
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Dalbergia ecastaphyllumDalbergia ecastaphyllum
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Dwarf MilkwortSenega nana
- Polygala crenataSenega crenata
- Polygala setaceaSenega setacea
- Wiregrass GentianGentiana pennelliana
- Yellow MilkwortSenega rugelii
- Orbexilum virgatumOrbexilum virgatum
- Southern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum
- Angelica dentataAngelica dentata
- BuckrootPediomelum canescens
- Bejaria racemosaBejaria racemosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 116
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriway
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Florida Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
- Florida Grasshoper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanus
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.