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
- 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.