Habitat in Florida
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
- Plants
- 352
- Birds
- 71
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Scrub PlumPrunus geniculata
- Symphyotrichum adnatumSymphyotrichum adnatum
- Symphyotrichum plumosumSymphyotrichum plumosum
- Carolina HollyIlex ambigua
- Woody GoldenrodChrysoma pauciflosculosa
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Ageratina jucundaAgeratina jucunda
- Ceanothus microphyllusCeanothus microphyllus
- Elliott's GoldenrodSolidago latissimifolia
- Eupatorium petaloideumEupatorium petaloideum
- Graceful GoldenrodSolidago gracillima
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula var. strictula
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Walter's AsterSymphyotrichum walteri
- Verbesina aristataVerbesina aristata
- Bluejack OakQuercus incana
- Oenothera curtissiiOenothera curtissii
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Quercus chapmaniiQuercus chapmanii
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Sand Post OakQuercus margaretta
- Scrub OakQuercus inopina
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Dwarf Live OakQuercus minima
- Lesser SnakerootAgeratina aromatica
- Atlantic Poison-oakToxicodendron pubescens
- Baptisia lanceolataBaptisia lanceolata
- Baptisia leconteiBaptisia lecontei
- Baptisia perfoliataBaptisia perfoliata
- Florida Wild IndigoBaptisia calycosa
- Galactia floridanaGalactia floridana
- Hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia hirsuta
- Michaux's SumacRhus michauxii
- Wedgeleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium linearifolium
- YankeeweedEupatorium compositifolium
- Southern BeeblossomOenothera simulans
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomOenothera filipes
- Dwarf HuckleberryGaylussacia dumosa
- Blue Sandhill LupineLupinus diffusus
- Croton argyranthemusCroton argyranthemus
- Delaney's GoldenasterChrysopsis delaneyi
- Dwarf Indigo Bush; Dwarf IndigobushAmorpha herbacea var. herbacea
- Lady LupineLupinus villosus
- Lynn Haven Golden AsterChrysopsis lanuginosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 64
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Florida Grasshoper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanus
- Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Near water in this habitat 7
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
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.