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
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
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.