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
- 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.