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.
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Humped BladderwortUtricularia gibba
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Lavender BladderwortUtricularia resupinata
- Leafy BladderwortUtricularia foliosa
- Striped BladderwortUtricularia striata
- Swollen BladderwortUtricularia inflata
- Water DawnflowerStylisma aquatica
- Manatee MudflowerMicranthemum glomeratum
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus valerandi subsp. parviflorus
- Tall ThreeawnAristida patula
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla filiculoides
- Carolina Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia caroliniana
- Chestnutleaf FalsecrotonCaperonia castaneifolia
- Star-scale PolypodyPleopeltis astrolepis
- Stillingia aquaticaStillingia aquatica
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Carolina FanwortCabomba caroliniana
- Vahl's FimbryFimbristylis vahlii
- Baby JumpupMecardonia procumbens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Upright BurheadEchinodorus berteroi
- Common HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- Pineland HeliotropeEuploca polyphylla
- Southern HornwortCeratophyllum australe
- Spineless HornwortCeratophyllum echinatum
- Horned PondweedZannichellia palustris
- Najas filifoliaNajas filifolia
- Water StargrassHeteranthera dubia
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Dwarf-burheadHelanthium tenellum
- Florida MudmidgetWolffiella gladiata
- Florida Peanut-grassAmphicarpum muehlenbergianum
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Short's Hedge-hyssopGratiola viscidula
- Small's BogbuttonLachnocaulon minus
- Southern BogbuttonLachnocaulon beyrichianum
- Ceratopteris pteridoidesCeratopteris pteridoides
- Flor De LlantenStelis gelida
- Hanging Club-mossPhlegmariurus dichotomus
- Mock PennyroyalStachydeoma graveolens
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.