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
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.