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.
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Xyris louisianicaXyris louisianica
- Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grassXyris serotina
- Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris baldwiniana
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Curtiss's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris curtissii
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris floridana
- Harper's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris scabrifolia
- Pineland Yellow-eyed-grassXyris stricta
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Xyris elliottiiXyris elliottii
- Roundleaf BluetHoustonia procumbens
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Elliott's GentianGentiana catesbaei
- Hooker's MilkwortSenega hookeri
- Litteleaf MilkwortSenega brevifolia
- Low Pinebarren MilkwortSenega ramosa
- Maryland MilkwortSenega mariana
- Nuttall's MilkwortSenega nuttallii
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Polygala chapmaniiSenega chapmanii
- Polygala crenataSenega crenata
- Wiregrass GentianGentiana pennelliana
- Yellow MilkwortSenega rugelii
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Pine Barren FluffgrassTridens ambiguus
- Crested Fringed OrchidPlatanthera cristata
- Piedmont False-pimpernelLindernia monticola
- Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicuaPlatanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua
- Platanthera chapmaniiPlatanthera chapmanii
- Snowy OrchidPlatanthera nivea
- Yellow Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera integra
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Eastern False-DragonheadPhysostegia purpurea
- Godfrey's False DragonheadPhysostegia godfreyi
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Virginia BunchflowerVeratrum virginicum
- Lanceleaf Rose-gentianSabatia difformis
- Pinewoods Rose-gentianSabatia gentianoides
- Sabatia brevifoliaSabatia brevifolia
- Slender Rose-gentianSabatia campanulata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 131
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
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.