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.
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- Pitted JointgrassCoelorachis cylindrica
- Beach CreeperErnodea littoralis
- Black BogrushSchoenus nigricans
- Gratiola hispidaSophronanthe hispida
- Maidenhair Pineland FernAnemia adiantifolia
- MangroveberryMosiera longipes
- Ozark GrassLimnodea arkansana
- Sticky JointvetchCtenodon viscidulus
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Wright's Pineland FernAnemia wrightii
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Asiatic DewflowerMurdannia spirata var. parviflora
- CebolettaZephyranthes drummondii
- Chinese Firethorn; Chinese Fire ThornPyracantha fortuneana
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- Cyperus entrerianusCyperus entrerianus
- Hooded WindmillgrassChloris cucullata
- Ivy leaf ThoroughwortChromolaena ivifolia
- Lindheimer's BeeblossomOenothera lindheimeri
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Pinkhead SmartweedPersicaria capitata
- Plains LovegrassEragrostis intermedia
- Prairie Cup GrassEriochloa contracta
- Prairie PanicgrassKellochloa brachyantha
- Salvia farinaceaSalvia farinacea
- Showy Evening-primroseOenothera grandis
- Sickleleaf SilkgrassPityopsis falcata
- Silverleaf NightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium
- Slender VervainVerbena rigida
- Smut-grassSporobolus indicus
- Soft Golden-asterBradburia pilosa
- Solidago sempervirensSolidago sempervirens
- Texas BluebonnetLupinus texensis
- Texas BluegrassPoa arachnifera
- Texas CrabgrassDigitaria texana
- Texas PaintbrushCastilleja indivisa
- Texas WrightwortCarlowrightia texana
- Upright Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- White SagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- ElephantgrassCenchrus purpureus
- Javanese BishopwoodBischofia javanica
- Woman's TongueAlbizia lebbeck
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.