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
- 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.