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.
- Ctenium floridanumCtenium floridanum
- Etonia False RosemaryConradina etonia
- False RosemaryConradina canescens
- False RosemaryConradina cygniflora
- Gentian PinkrootSpigelia gentianoides
- Grassleaf RoselingCallisia graminea
- Piedmont RoselingCallisia rosea
- Polanisia tenuifoliaPolanisia tenuifolia
- Texas PipewortEriocaulon texense
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Florida GreeneyesBerlandiera subacaulis
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Lechea deckertiiLechea deckertii
- Lygodesmia aphyllaLygodesmia aphylla
- Pineland PinweedLechea sessiliflora
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Carolina Pineland-cressWarea cuneifolia
- Carpenter's Ground CherryCalliphysalis carpenteri
- Carter's PinelandcressWarea carteri
- Perennial SandgrassTriplasis americana
- Sandbog Death-camasZigadenus glaberrimus
- Warea sessilifoliaWarea sessilifolia
- Wideleaf PinelandcressWarea amplexifolia
- Common LeopardbaneArnica acaulis
- Pine-barren SandwortGeocarpon carolinianum
- Blue ButterwortPinguicula caerulea
- Coastal Plain NailwortParonychia herniarioides
- Florida BeardgrassChrysopogon pauciflorus
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscaetoxicum
- Green Adder's-mouthMalaxis unifolia
- Green SilkyscaleAnthenantia villosa
- Longleaf WedgescaleSphenopholis filiformis
- Purple SilkyscaleAnthenantia rufa
- Sandy-field HairsedgeBulbostylis stenophylla
- Spiked MedusaOrthochilus ecristatus
- Tall JointweedPolygonum pinicola
- Ware's HairsedgeBulbostylis warei
- Yellow ButterwortPinguicula lutea
- Clinopodium asheiCalamintha ashei
- Clinopodium coccineumCalamintha coccinea
- Clinopodium dentatumCalamintha dentata
- Coastal Plain Small Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis oricamporum
- Florida JujubePseudoziziphus celata
- Florida NailwortParonychia discoveryi
- Gratiola hispidaSophronanthe hispida
- Love VineCassytha filiformis
- Matelea pubifloraChthamalia pubiflora
- Mock PennyroyalStachydeoma graveolens
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.