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.
- Violet ButterwortPinguicula ionantha
- Wild CocoEulophia alta
- African RosemallowSabdariffa acetosella
- Black SpikerushEleocharis nigrescens
- Brazilian SatintailImperata brasiliensis
- Cardboard PalmZamia furfuracea
- CoralbushJatropha multifida
- Cortadera BlancaScleria gaertneri
- DustseedAcisanthera erecta
- Eragrostis unioloidesEragrostis unioloides
- GumharGmelina arborea
- Pavonia hastataPavonia hastata
- Philippine Ground OrchidSpathoglottis plicata
- Red False BeardgrassChrysopogon fulvus
- South American Mexican CloverRichardia humistrata
- Straits RhododendronMelastoma malabathricum
- Yerba De GuavaCoccocypselum hirsutum
- JaraguaHyparrhenia rufa
- LimpograssHemarthria altissima
- MolassesgrassMelinis minutiflora
- Praxelis clematideaPraxelis clematidea
- TangleheadHeteropogon contortus
- American Rat's Tail GrassSporobolus jacquemontii
- Australian Umbrella TreeHeptapleurum actinophyllum
- CarrotwoodCupaniopsis anacardioides
- Ceasar WeedUrena lobata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 116
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.