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
- 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.