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
- 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.