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.
- Carolina WiregrassAristida stricta
- Florida Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes floridana
- Giant-spiral Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes longilabris
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Spiranthes brevilabrisSpiranthes brevilabris
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Water DawnflowerStylisma aquatica
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Florida ThreeawnAristida rhizomophora
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Southern Three-awnAristida simpliciflora
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. virgata
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Pink SundewDrosera capillaris
- Spoonleaf SundewDrosera intermedia
- Drosera tracyiDrosera tracyi
- Savanna CowbaneOxypolis ternata
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Bristle Seed Star GrassHypoxis wrightii
- Dyschoriste oblongifoliaDyschoriste oblongifolia
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Stiff Star-grassHypoxis rigida
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Toothache GrassCtenium aromaticum
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Florida BeargrassNolina atopocarpa
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Golden-crestLophiola aurea
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Yellow ColicrootAletris lutea
- Aletris obovataAletris obovata
- Crow PoisonStenanthium texanum
- Crow-poisonStenanthium densum
- Grassleaf Barbara's-buttonsMarshallia graminifolia
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Bearded Grass-pinkCalopogon barbatus
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Many-flowered Grass-pinkCalopogon multiflorus
- Pale Grass-pinkCalopogon pallidus
- Sandbog Death-camasZigadenus glaberrimus
- Slender-fruit NutrushScleria georgiana
- Tuberous Grass PinkCalopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
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.