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
- 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.