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.
- Godfrey's False DragonheadPhysostegia godfreyi
- HeartseedCardiospermum microcarpum
- Dicerandra linearifolia var. robustiorDicerandra linearifolia var. robustior
- Tropical WaxweedCuphea aspera
- Dense-spike BlackrootPterocaulon pycnostachyum
- Tallow WoodXimenia americana
- Eustachys floridanaEustachys floridana
- Large Flower Rose GentianSabatia grandiflora
- Sabatia bartramiiSabatia decandra
- Sabatia brevifoliaSabatia brevifolia
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Lavender BladderwortUtricularia resupinata
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Southern LadiestressesSpiranthes torta
- Spiranthes brevilabrisSpiranthes brevilabris
- Spiranthes trilobaSpiranthes triloba
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Aristida gyransAristida gyrans
- Aristida mohriiAristida mohrii
- Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxiiEriochloa michauxii var. michauxii
- Florida ThreeawnAristida rhizomophora
- Fringed BladderwortUtricularia simulans
- Hillsboro Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. tenuispica
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- S Curve Three AwnAristida ramosissima
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- Tall ThreeawnAristida patula
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. virgata
- Florida False SunflowerPhoebanthus grandiflorus
- Pineland False SunflowerPhoebanthus tenuifolius
- Dyschoriste oblongifoliaDyschoriste oblongifolia
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Pineland ClustervineJacquemontia curtissii
- Stillingia aquaticaStillingia aquatica
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- Piloblephis rigidaPiloblephis rigida
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- AlligatorlilyHymenocallis palmeri
- Britton's BeargrassNolina brittoniana
- False RosemaryConradina canescens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Florida BeargrassNolina atopocarpa
- Florida Butterfly OrchidEncyclia tampensis
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.