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.
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Florida WhitetopRhynchospora floridensis
- Manyflower Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle umbellata
- Marlins’ BeaksedgeRhynchospora marliniana
- Sand FlaxLinum arenicola
- Small's FlaxLinum smallii
- Baldwin's BeaksedgeRhynchospora baldwinii
- Fragrant BeaksedgeRhynchospora odorata
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Thorne's BeaksedgeRhynchospora thornei
- Tracy's BeaksedgeRhynchospora tracyi
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Narrowleaf GromwellLithospermum incisum
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Smallhead Marsh-elderIva microcephala
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Royal CatchflySilene regia
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Bastard CopperleafAcalypha chamaedrifolia
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- Southern FogfruitLippia stoechadifolia
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Dalbergia ecastaphyllumDalbergia ecastaphyllum
- Everglades Key PencilflowerStylosanthes calcicola
- Sleepy MorningWaltheria indica
- ButtonwoodConocarpus erectus
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Bouteloua hirsutaBouteloua hirsuta
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Pain-in-the-backTrema lamarckianum
- Small-leaf MilkberryChiococca parvifolia
- Western Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum pedunculatum
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Devil's PotatoEchites umbellatus
- Meadow JointvetchAeschynomene pratensis var. pratensis
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.