Habitat in Florida
Salt and brackish marshes
Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides. Schafale
- Plants
- 56
- Birds
- 136
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Coreopsis integrifoliaCoreopsis integrifolia
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Lantana sandersii var. sandersiiLantana sandersii var. sandersii
- Seashore CrowngrassPaspalum vaginatum
- Wand LoosestrifeLythrum lineare
- Weatherby's ArrowheadSagittaria graminea var. weatherbiana
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
- Tree Seaside OxeyeBorrichia arborescens
- Sea OxeyeBorrichia frutescens
- Marsh EryngoEryngium aquaticum
- Cyperus planifoliusCyperus planifolius
- Delta BulrushSchoenoplectus deltarum
- Mangrove FlatsedgeCyperus ligularis
- Black MangroveAvicennia germinans
- Olney's ThreesquareSchoenoplectus americanus
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Four-angle FlatsedgeCyperus tetragonus
- Saltmarsh CordgrassSpartina alterniflora
- Whorled DropseedSporobolus pyramidatus
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- ShoregrassDistichlis littoralis
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- SawgrassCladium jamaicense
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Florida YellowtopsFlaveria floridana
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Batis maritimaBatis maritima
- Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxiiEriochloa michauxii var. michauxii
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Perennial GlasswortSalicornia ambigua
- Golden Leather FernAcrostichum aureum
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Cowhorn OrchidCyrtopodium punctatum
- Fimbristylis castaneaFimbristylis spadicea
- Godfrey's SpiderlilyHymenocallis godfreyi
- Wormvine OrchidVanilla barbellata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 136
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.