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.
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Mountain LaurelKalmia latifolia
- Penstemon multiflorusPenstemon multiflorus
- Physalis arenicolaPhysalis arenicola
- Pineland GoldenasterChrysopsis latisquamea
- Polygonella fimbriataPolygonum fimbriatum
- Polygonella polygamaPolygonum polygamum var. polygamum
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Solanum carolinense var. floridanumSolanum carolinense var. floridanum
- Zigzag SilkgrassPityopsis flexuosa
- Carolina VervainVerbena carnea
- Erect MilkpeaGalactia erecta
- Galactia brachypodaGalactia brachypoda
- Littleleaf MilkpeaGalactia minor
- Narrowleaf RushfoilCroton michauxii
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Rudbeckia mollisRudbeckia mollis
- Soft MilkpeaGalactia mollis
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Bearded Milkvetch; Southern MilkvetchAstragalus villosus
- Dalea feayiDalea feayi
- Dalea pinnata var. trifoliataDalea pinnata var. trifoliata
- Florida MilkvetchAstragalus obcordatus
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Summer FarewellDalea adenopoda
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Running Partridge PeaChamaecrista horizontalis
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Coastalplain GoldenasterChrysopsis scabrella
- Cutleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis angulata
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Florida Ticktrefoil; Florida Tick TrefoilDesmodium floridanum
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Scrub HickoryCarya floridana
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Asclepias obovataAsclepias obovata
- Curtis's SpurgeEuphorbia curtisii
- Curtiss' MilkweedAsclepias curtissii
- Dalea pinnata var. pinnataDalea pinnata var. pinnata
- Euphorbia discoidalisEuphorbia discoidalis
- Euphorbia floridanaEuphorbia floridana
- Florida MilkweedAsclepias feayi
- Keever's OnionAllium cuthbertii
- Lesser Florida SpurgeEuphorbia polyphylla
- Limestone SandmatEuphorbia blodgettii
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Atlantic St. John's-wortHypericum tenuifolium
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.