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
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.