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.
- Shaggy Blazing Star; Shaggy BlazingstarLiatris elegantula
- Tradescantia roseolensTradescantia roseolens
- Dog-tongue BuckwheatEriogonum tomentosum
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium stoloniferum
- Florida CrabgrassDigitaria floridana
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Longleaf CrabgrassDigitaria gracillima
- Sandhills Wild-petuniaRuellia ciliosa
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Upland Dwarf IrisIris verna var. smalliana
- Apalachicola IndiangrassSorghastrum apalachicolense
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Flaxleaf AsterIonactis repens
- Net Leaf Leather FlowerClematis reticulata
- Sorghastrum secundumSorghastrum secundum
- White Leaf Leather FlowerClematis glaucophylla
- Asimina reticulataAsimina reticulata
- Bigflower PawpawAsimina obovata
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Manasota PawpawAsimina manasota
- Balduina angustifoliaBalduina angustifolia
- Slender Scratch-daisyCroptilon divaricatum
- Snowy Black AnthersMelanthera nivea
- Southern Swamp AsterEurybia paludosa
- Dixie Whitetop AsterSericocarpus tortifolius
- Eryngium aromaticumEryngium aromaticum
- Heller's WitchgrassDichanthelium oligosanthes
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus asteroides
- Phlox floridanaPhlox floridana
- Scutellaria arenicolaScutellaria arenicola
- Scutellaria glabriusculaScutellaria glabriuscula
- Scutellaria multiglandulosaScutellaria multiglandulosa
- Southern Elephants Foot; Southern ElephantsfootElephantopus elatus
- Carolina IndigoIndigofera caroliniana
- Carphephorus corymbosusCarphephorus corymbosus
- Clustered Poppy-mallowCallirhoe triangulata
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Brownhair SnoutbeanRhynchosia cinerea
- Combleaf Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria pectinata
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- GarberiaGarberia heterophylla
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Gray's BeaksedgeRhynchospora grayi
- Gray's FlatsedgeCyperus grayi
- Hairy PhloxPhlox amoena
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
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.