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
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- 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
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- 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
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
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.