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.
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- MarlberryArdisia escallonioides
- Sabatia brevifoliaSabatia brevifolia
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- ScorpionstailHeliotropium angiospermum
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Fire LadiestressesSpiranthes igniorchis
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Southern LadiestressesSpiranthes torta
- Spiranthes trilobaSpiranthes triloba
- Wedgeleaf DrabaTomostima cuneifolia
- Bahama Ladder BrakePteris bahamensis
- Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxiiEriochloa michauxii var. michauxii
- Florida ThreeawnAristida rhizomophora
- Hillsboro Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. tenuispica
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Catchfly Prairie GentianEustoma exaltatum
- Florida False SunflowerPhoebanthus grandiflorus
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Chestnutleaf FalsecrotonCaperonia castaneifolia
- ChristmasberryCrossopetalum ilicifolium
- Heart Leaf NoseburnTragia cordata
- Pineland ClustervineJacquemontia curtissii
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Pineland TwinflowerDyschoriste angusta
- Sixangle FoldwingDicliptera sexangularis
- Stillingia aquaticaStillingia aquatica
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Bristly ScaleseedSpermolepis echinata
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Cowhorn OrchidCyrtopodium punctatum
- Florida SpiderlilyHymenocallis tridentata
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Aletris bracteataAletris bracteata
- Eriocaulon raveneliiEriocaulon ravenelii
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- PinepinkBletia purpurea
- Purple SandgrassTriplasis purpurea
- White SunbonnetsChaptalia albicans
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Krameria lanceolataKrameria lanceolata
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.