Habitat in Florida
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 353
- Birds
- 154
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Coral GreenbrierSmilax walteri
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- Nyssa ogecheNyssa ogeche
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Coreopsis integrifoliaCoreopsis integrifolia
- Ludwigia erectaLudwigia erecta
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Lythrum curtissiiLythrum curtissii
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Pineland PassionflowerPassiflora pallens
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Florida Hammock SedgeCarex vexans
- Hairy SeedboxLudwigia pilosa
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Raven's SeedboxLudwigia ravenii
- Strangler FigFicus aurea
- Tropical Royalblue WaterlilyNymphaea elegans
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Climbing AsterSymphyotrichum carolinianum
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Weatherby's ArrowheadSagittaria graminea var. weatherbiana
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Canebrake SedgeCarex austrodeflexa
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Dark-green SedgeCarex venusta
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Godfrey's SedgeCarex godfreyi
- Golden SedgeCarex lutea
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 154
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
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)
- Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.