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
- 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.