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.
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Southern Long SedgeCarex lonchocarpa
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Weak Stellate SedgeCarex seorsa
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Giant Blue IrisIris giganticaerulea
- Iris hexagonaIris hexagona
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Coastal Sweet-pepperbushClethra alnifolia
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Climbing HydrangeaHydrangea barbara
- Georgia LobeliaLobelia georgiana
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Shortleaf Wild CoffeePsychotria tenuifolia
- Swamp RushJuncus paludosus
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Cyperus thyrsiflorusCyperus thyrsiflorus
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus hispidus var. nitidus
- Black MangroveAvicennia germinans
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
- Floating Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
- Spreading BulrushScirpus divaricatus
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Fragrant BeaksedgeRhynchospora odorata
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Millet BeaksedgeRhynchospora miliacea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 154
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
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.