Habitat in Florida
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 253
- Birds
- 137
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Myrtle HollyIlex cassine var. myrtifolia
- Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorumSymphyotrichum expansum
- Sarvis HollyIlex amelanchier
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Vicia acutifoliaVicia acutifolia
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Apalachicola St.john's-wortHypericum chapmanii
- Arcadian St.john's-wortHypericum edisonianum
- Hypericum brachyphyllumHypericum brachyphyllum
- Hypericum myrtifoliumHypericum myrtifolium
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Ludwigia arcuataLudwigia arcuata
- Ludwigia erectaLudwigia erecta
- Ludwigia spathulataLudwigia spathulata
- Okeechobee GourdCucurbita okeechobeensis
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Mudbank CrowngrassPaspalum dissectum
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Chapman's ArrowheadSagittaria graminea var. chapmanii
- Dotleaf WaterlilyNymphaea ampla
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Jameson's WaterlilyNymphaea jamesoniana
- Lanceleaf SeedboxLudwigia lanceolata
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Raven's SeedboxLudwigia ravenii
- Tropical Royalblue WaterlilyNymphaea elegans
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Quillwort ArrowheadSagittaria isoetiformis
- Threadleaf ArrowheadSagittaria filiformis
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 137
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
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)
- Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.