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.
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Myrtle HollyIlex cassine var. myrtifolia
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Helianthus floridanusHelianthus floridanus
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Variableleaf SunflowerHelianthus heterophyllus
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago puberula var. pulverulenta
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium × anomalum
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Graceful GoldenrodSolidago gracillima
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Northern Wand GoldenrodSolidago stricta
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Walter's AsterSymphyotrichum walteri
- LeConte's ThistleCirsium lecontei
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Virginia ThistleCirsium virginianum
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Running OakQuercus pumila
- Gaylussacia mosieriGaylussacia mosieri
- Mohr's ThoroughwortEupatorium mohrii
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Pineland HibiscusSabdariffa aculeata
- Dwarf Indigo Bush; Dwarf IndigobushAmorpha herbacea var. herbacea
- Kalmia hirsutaKalmia hirsuta
- Pityopsis oliganthaPityopsis oligantha
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Grassleaf ConeflowerRudbeckia graminifolia
- Rudbeckia mohriiRudbeckia mohrii
- Rudbeckia nitidaRudbeckia nitida
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Asclepias obovataAsclepias obovata
- Asclepias viridulaAsclepias viridula
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Rosy CamphorweedPluchea baccharis
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.