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
- 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.