Habitat in Florida
Pocosins and bay forests
Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain. Schafale
- Plants
- 73
- Birds
- 93
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Myrtle HollyIlex cassine var. myrtifolia
- Carolina HollyIlex ambigua
- Common WinterberryIlex verticillata
- Large GallberryIlex coriacea
- Helianthus floridanusHelianthus floridanus
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago puberula var. pulverulenta
- Elliott's GoldenrodSolidago latissimifolia
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula var. strictula
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Carolina VioletViola villosa
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Lyonia ferrugineaLyonia ferruginea
- Lyonia fruticosaLyonia fruticosa
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Southern MaleberryLyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora
- Swamp RedbayPersea palustris
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Bog SpicebushLindera subcoriacea
- Lanceleaf SeedboxLudwigia lanceolata
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Pinebarren SedgeCarex turgescens
- SourwoodOxydendrum arboreum
- Southern Long SedgeCarex lonchocarpa
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Coastal Sweet-pepperbushClethra alnifolia
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Southern Swamp AsterEurybia paludosa
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Slender Rattlesnake-rootNabalus autumnalis
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Coastal Plain BeaksedgeRhynchospora stenophylla
- Large BeaksedgeRhynchospora macra
- Nodding BeaksedgeRhynchospora inexpansa
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 93
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- 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 WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
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.