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
- 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.