Habitat in Florida
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
- Plants
- 239
- Birds
- 72
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Redstem PurslanePortulaca rubricaulis
- Curtiss' PrimrosewillowLudwigia curtissii
- Florida TickseedCoreopsis floridana
- Mobile OnionAllium canadense var. mobilense
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- ButtonsageLantana involucrata
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Florida LoosestrifeLythrum flagellare
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Lantana sandersii var. sanibelensisLantana sandersii var. sanibelensis
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Agalinis filicaulisAgalinis filicaulis
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Low RattleboxCrotalaria pumila
- Little Tooth SedgeCarex microdonta
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- South Florida Little BluestemSchizachyrium rhizomatum
- Wire BluestemSchizachyrium gracile
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Thickleaf Wild PetuniaRuellia succulenta
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium littorale
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Twospike CrabgrassDigitaria pauciflora
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Rough Blazing-starLiatris aspera
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- Sorghastrum secundumSorghastrum secundum
- Asimina reticulataAsimina reticulata
- Catclaw BlackbeadPithecellobium unguis-cati
- Florida Keys BlackbeadPithecellobium keyense
- Slim-bristle SandspurCenchrus brownii
- Everglades SquarestemMelanthera angustifolia
- Southeastern PanicgrassColeataenia tenera
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Callirhoe papaverCallirhoe papaver
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Carphephorus corymbosusCarphephorus corymbosus
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 61
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriway
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Florida Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
- Florida Grasshoper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanus
- Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescens
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Near water in this habitat 11
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
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)
- Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.