Habitat in Florida
Pine savannas
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 339
- Birds
- 131
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Ruellia noctifloraRuellia noctiflora
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
- Mohr's BluestemAndropogon liebmannii var. pungensis
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium stoloniferum
- Florida Hoary-peaTephrosia florida
- Lobelia paludosaLobelia paludosa
- Roger's LobeliaLobelia rogersii
- Savanna IrisIris tridentata
- Shortleaf LobeliaLobelia brevifolia
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Sprawling Hoary-peaTephrosia hispidula
- Apalachicola AsterEurybia spinulosa
- Eurybia eryngiifoliaEurybia eryngiifolia
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Asimina reticulataAsimina reticulata
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Naked Stem Witch GrassDichanthelium nudicaule
- Nuttall's LobeliaLobelia nuttallii
- Panicum abscissumColeataenia abscissa
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Southern Swamp AsterEurybia paludosa
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Justicia angustaJusticia angusta
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Purple Honeycomb-headBalduina atropurpurea
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Stout RushJuncus nodatus
- Carphephorus pseudoliatrisCarphephorus pseudoliatris
- Hairy ChaffheadCarphephorus paniculatus
- Marsh EryngoEryngium aquaticum
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Pine LilyLilium catesbaei
- Slender Rattlesnake-rootNabalus autumnalis
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Marlins’ BeaksedgeRhynchospora marliniana
- Rhynchospora punctataRhynchospora punctata
- Spring Hill FlaxLinum macrocarpum
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Baldwin's BeaksedgeRhynchospora baldwinii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 131
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.