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.
- Gentian PinkrootSpigelia gentianoides
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Habenaria quinquesetaHabenaria quinqueseta
- Largeflower False RosemaryConradina grandiflora
- Scoparia dulcisScoparia dulcis
- Smallcup SpiderlilyHymenocallis puntagordensis
- Toothpetal False ReinorchidHabenaria floribunda
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Crow PoisonStenanthium texanum
- Crow-poisonStenanthium densum
- Drysand PinweedLechea divaricata
- Eriocaulon raveneliiEriocaulon ravenelii
- Lakela's PinweedLechea lakelae
- Narrow Pipewort; Narrow Pipe WortEriocaulon lineare
- Pineland HeliotropeEuploca polyphylla
- Pineland PinweedLechea sessiliflora
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Celestial LilyNemastylis floridana
- Fringed NutrushScleria ciliata
- Many-flowered Grass-pinkCalopogon multiflorus
- PinepinkBletia purpurea
- Tuberous Grass PinkCalopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Blue ButterwortPinguicula caerulea
- Florida BeardgrassChrysopogon pauciflorus
- Florida Peanut-grassAmphicarpum muehlenbergianum
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- Slender Adder's-tongueOphioglossum nudicaule
- Small ButterwortPinguicula pumila
- Southern BogbuttonLachnocaulon beyrichianum
- Ware's HairsedgeBulbostylis warei
- Yellow ButterwortPinguicula lutea
- Bartram's IxiaCalydorea caelestina
- Black BogrushSchoenus nigricans
- Clinopodium coccineumCalamintha coccinea
- Drooping Forked FernDicranopteris flexuosa
- Fakahatchee BluethreadBurmannia flava
- Florida NailwortParonychia discoveryi
- Lindenleaf RosemallowSabdariffa furcellata
- Love VineCassytha filiformis
- Mock PennyroyalStachydeoma graveolens
- Paronychia rugeliiParonychia rugelii
- Pinguicula planifoliaPinguicula planifolia
- Ray FernActinostachys pennula
- Swamp RosemallowMuenchhusia grandiflora
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.