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
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.