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
- 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.