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.
- Paper NailwortParonychia minima
- Pinguicula planifoliaPinguicula planifolia
- Swamp RosemallowMuenchhusia grandiflora
- Tiny OrchidLepanthopsis melanantha
- Tongueshaped BogmatWolffiella lingulata
- Violet ButterwortPinguicula ionantha
- Asian WatermealWolffia globosa
- Black SpikerushEleocharis nigrescens
- Blue Mud PlantainHeteranthera limosa
- Brazilian WaterweedElodea densa
- Brittle WaternymphNajas minor
- BugseedgrassAlloteropsis cimicina
- Cape Blue WaterlilyNymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis
- Chicken-spikeSphenoclea zeylanica
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- FishgrassCabomba palaeformis
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- FloatingheartNymphoides humboldtiana
- Fringed False PimpernelBonnaya ciliata
- Giant Water Sensitive PlantAeschynomene fluitans
- Gray's Floating HeartNymphoides grayana
- Indian MarshweedLimnophila indica
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Lawn Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
- Ludwigia grandifloraLudwigia grandiflora
- Marsilea muticaMarsilea mutica
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Nealley's SprangletopDinebra nealleyi
- OldfieldgrassAnthephora hermaphrodita
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Paspalum acuminatumPaspalum acuminatum
- Pentodon pentandrusPentodon pentandrus
- Peruvian WatergrassLuziola peruviana
- Phalaris angustaPhalaris angusta
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Roundhead RushJuncus validus
- Sacred LotusNelumbo nucifera
- Slimflower LovegrassEragrostis gangetica
- Spiny False FiddleleafHydrolea capsularis
- Tropical DockRumex obovatus
- Water SnowflakeNymphoides indica
- Water-poppyHydrocleys nymphoides
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- White Egyptian LotusNymphaea lotus
- Wild SugarcaneSaccharum spontaneum
- Wild WisteriaHygrophila difformis
- Yellow Floating-heartNymphoides peltata
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
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.