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.
- Eastern Swamp PrivetForestiera acuminata
- Florida HobblebushAgarista populifolia
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Chiggery GrapesHeliotropium verdcourtii
- Coastal Rose-gentianSabatia calycina
- Florida AirplantTillandsia floridana
- Florida AirplantTillandsia simulata
- Fuzzywuzzy AirplantTillandsia pruinosa
- Illicium floridanumIllicium floridanum
- Illicium parviflorumIllicium parviflorum
- Leatherleaf AirplantTillandsia variabilis
- Ovate Leaf False FiddleleafHydrolea ovata
- Planer-treePlanera aquatica
- Saltmarsh FingergrassEustachys glauca
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Tillandsia bartramiiTillandsia bartramii
- Tillandsia setaceaTillandsia setacea
- Tillandsia utriculataTillandsia utriculata
- Twisted AirplantTillandsia flexuosa
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Nodding Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes cernua
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus valerandi subsp. parviflorus
- Shade MudflowerMicranthemum umbrosum
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Southern Wood-fernDryopteris ludoviciana
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- Chestnutleaf FalsecrotonCaperonia castaneifolia
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Giant Leather FernAcrostichum danaeifolium
- Hygrophila lacustrisHygrophila costata
- Southern QuillwortIsoetes flaccida
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.