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
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.