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.
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Justicia crassifoliaJusticia crassifolia
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Low SpikesedgeCyperus hortensis
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Smallflower Halfchaff SedgeCyperus subsquarrosus
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Canby's BulrushSchoenoplectus etuberculatus
- Florida BeaksedgeRhynchospora eximia
- Rhexia parvifloraRhexia parviflora
- Swaying BulrushSchoenoplectus subterminalis
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- West's FlaxLinum westii
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Fragrant SpikesedgeCyperus sesquiflorus
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Clasping-leaf PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
- Florida SandreedSporobolus vaseyi
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Longleaf PondweedPotamogeton nodosus
- Ribbonleaf PondweedPotamogeton epihydrus
- Sago PondweedStuckenia pectinata
- Small PondweedPotamogeton pusillus
- Smallhead Marsh-elderIva microcephala
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Sugarcane PlumegrassSaccharum giganteum
- Waterthread PondweedPotamogeton diversifolius
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 137
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- 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)
- 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.