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
- 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.