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.
- Ceratiola ericoidesCeratiola ericoides
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Dicerandra linearifolia var. robustiorDicerandra linearifolia var. robustior
- Florida BalmDicerandra densiflora
- Fringed BluestarAmsonia ciliata
- Scrub BalmDicerandra frutescens
- Smoky BalmDicerandra fumella
- Dense-spike BlackrootPterocaulon pycnostachyum
- Spurge-nettleCnidoscolus stimulosus
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Eustachys floridanaEustachys floridana
- Florida NeedlegrassPiptochaetium avenacioides
- Four-angle Rose-gentianSabatia quadrangula
- Little Floating-heartNymphoides cordata
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Carolina WiregrassAristida stricta
- Florida AliciaChapmannia floridana
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Stylisma villosaStylisma villosa
- Aristida mohriiAristida mohrii
- Big Three-awnAristida condensata
- Hillsboro Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. tenuispica
- Sand SpikemossSelaginella arenicola
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Woollysheath Three-awnAristida lanosa
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- Rain LilyZephyranthes simpsonii
- Florida False SunflowerPhoebanthus grandiflorus
- Pineland False SunflowerPhoebanthus tenuifolius
- Savanna CowbaneOxypolis ternata
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Wavyleaf NoseburnTragia urens
- Carolina Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia caroliniana
- Dyschoriste oblongifoliaDyschoriste oblongifolia
- Glossyseed Star-grassHypoxis sessilis
- Gymnopogon chapmanianusGymnopogon chapmanianus
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Tragia smalliiTragia smallii
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- Piloblephis rigidaPiloblephis rigida
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Apalachicola false rosemaryConradina glabra
- Britton's BeargrassNolina brittoniana
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.