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
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
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.