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
- 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.