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.
- Large BeaksedgeRhynchospora macra
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Royal Snout BeanRhynchosia cytisoides
- Sandy-field BeaksedgeRhynchospora megalocarpa
- Southeastern FlatsedgeCyperus filiculmis
- Spreading SpiderlingBoerhavia diffusa
- Coastal Plain PuccoonLithospermum caroliniense
- Florida Indian PlantainArnoglossum floridanum
- Pycnanthemum floridanumPycnanthemum floridanum
- Virginia False GromwellLithospermum virginianum
- Dollarleaf SnoutbeanRhynchosia reniformis
- Doubleform SnoutbeanRhynchosia difformis
- Rhynchosia michauxiiRhynchosia michauxii
- Sweetscented PigeonwingsClitoria fragrans
- Coral-beanErythrina herbacea
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Trailing ArbutusEpigaea repens
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Harper's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris scabrifolia
- Nuttallanthus floridanusLinaria floridana
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Heller's Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium helleri
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Coastal Sand FrostweedCrocanthemum arenicola
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Florida Scrub FrostweedCrocanthemum nashii
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Rosemary FrostweedCrocanthemum rosmarinifolium
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Lewton's MilkwortSenega lewtonii
- Polygala leptostachysSenega leptostachys
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Showy MilkwortAsemeia violacea
- Lupine ScurfpeaOrbexilum lupinellus
- Orbexilum virgatumOrbexilum virgatum
- Southern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum
- Striped GentianGentiana villosa
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- Angelica dentataAngelica dentata
- Carolina FluffgrassTridens carolinianus
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- BuckrootPediomelum canescens
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.