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.
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoilDesmodium strictum
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Sandhills BeanPhaseolus polystachios var. sinuatus
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Coastal Sand SpurgeEuphorbia exserta
- Heartleaf SandmatEuphorbia cordifolia
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Asclepias cinereaAsclepias cinerea
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Pinewoods MilkweedAsclepias humistrata
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Velvetleaf MilkweedAsclepias tomentosa
- Agalinis divaricataAgalinis divaricata
- Agalinis filifoliaAgalinis filifolia
- Agalinis laxaAgalinis laxa
- Agalinis pulchellaAgalinis pulchella
- Chattahoochee False FoxgloveAgalinis plukenetii
- Pineland Butterfly PeaCentrosema arenicola
- Bog SpicebushLindera subcoriacea
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Feay's PalafoxPalafoxia feayi
- Palafoxia integrifoliaPalafoxia integrifolia
- Threadleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis setacea
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Golden SedgeCarex lutea
- Pinebarren SedgeCarex turgescens
- Pinescrub BluestemSchizachyrium niveum
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- SourwoodOxydendrum arboreum
- Wire SedgeCarex tenax
- Rugel's HoarypeaTephrosia rugelii
- Sandhill TippitoesTephrosia mysteriosa
- Tephrosia chrysophyllaTephrosia chrysophylla
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Godfrey's GayfeatherLiatris provincialis
- Liatris chapmaniiLiatris chapmanii
- Liatris gracilisLiatris gracilis
- Liatris patensLiatris patens
- Liatris tenuifoliaLiatris tenuifolia
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.