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
- 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.