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
- 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.