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.
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Lakeside SunflowerHelianthus carnosus
- Slender Leaf FleabaneErigeron tenuis
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum sericeum var. microphyllum
- Semaphore ThoroughwortEupatorium mikanioides
- Simmonds's AsterSymphyotrichum simmondsii
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Dwarf Live OakQuercus minima
- Coastal Mock VervainGlandularia maritima
- South Florida MilkpeaGalactia austrofloridensis
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomOenothera filipes
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- Mullein NightshadeSolanum donianum
- Pineland CrotonCroton linearis
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Willow BusticSideroxylon salicifolium
- Elliott's MilkpeaGalactia elliottii
- Grassleaf ConeflowerRudbeckia graminifolia
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Florida PrairiecloverDalea floridana
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Everglades GreenbrierSmilax havanensis
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Coastal Beach SandmatEuphorbia mesembrianthemifolia
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Everglade Key SandmatEuphorbia conferta
- Everglades SpurgeEuphorbia hammeri
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Porter's SandmatEuphorbia porteriana
- Spreading FanpetalsSida abutilifolia
- Arcadian St.john's-wortHypericum edisonianum
- Blue CrowngrassPaspalum caespitosum
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Gulfdune PaspalumPaspalum monostachyum
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
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.