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
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
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.