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.
- Mingled BeakrushRhynchospora mixta
- Saccharum coarctatumSaccharum coarctatum
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Swamp-forest BeaksedgeRhynchospora decurrens
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Arnoglossum diversifoliumArnoglossum diversifolium
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Florida CockspurEchinochloa paludigena
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Awned Mountain-mintPycnanthemum setosum
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Cooley's Meadow-rueThalictrum cooleyi
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Pond AppleAnnona glabra
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Birdbill SpikegrassChasmanthium ornithorhynchum
- Lake CressRorippa aquatica
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- White TwinevineFunastrum clausum
- Shiny SpikegrassChasmanthium nitidum
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- American MistletoePhoradendron leucarpum
- Browne's Indian RosewoodDalbergia brownei
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Yerba LindaPeperomia rotundifolia
- ButtonwoodConocarpus erectus
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- Lesser DuckweedLemna aequinoctialis
- Little DuckweedLemna obscura
- Thalia geniculataThalia geniculata
- Valdivia DuckweedLemna valdiviana
- Polygala crenataSenega crenata
- White MangroveLaguncularia racemosa
- Florida Royal PalmRoystonea regia
- Silky CamelliaStewartia malacodendron
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Lindernia grandifloraLindernia grandiflora
- Small Green Wood OrchidPlatanthera clavellata
- Southern Wild-riceZizaniopsis miliacea
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Coastal DoghobbleLeucothoe axillaris
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.