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.
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- AlligatorlilyHymenocallis palmeri
- Cliftonia monophyllaCliftonia monophylla
- Cowhorn OrchidCyrtopodium punctatum
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella repens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Florida Butterfly OrchidEncyclia tampensis
- Hammock False ReinorchidHabenaria distans
- Leafy VanillaVanilla phaeantha
- Medicine VineHippocratea volubilis
- Mexican VanillaVanilla mexicana
- Pinckneya bracteataPinckneya bracteata
- RubbervineRhabdadenia biflora
- Swamp JessamineGelsemium rankinii
- SwampbushPavonia paludicola
- Toothpetal False ReinorchidHabenaria floribunda
- Wild Birdnest FernAsplenium serratum
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Mule-ear OncidiumTrichocentrum undulatum
- PinepinkBletia purpurea
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- Dwarf Filmy-fernTrichomanes petersii
- Fivelobe CucumberCayaponia quinqueloba
- Florida Adder's-mouthMalaxis spicata
- Green-fly OrchidEpidendrum conopseum
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- Mayaca fluviatilisMayaca fluviatilis
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Roundfruit Hedge-hyssopGratiola virginiana
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- Swamp WedgescaleSphenopholis pensylvanica
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- White Arrow-arumPeltandra sagittifolia
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Apteria aphyllaApteria aphylla
- Big Cypress Star OrchidEpidendrum strobiliferum
- Brown-hair Comb FernCtenitis submarginalis
- Cranichis LadiestressesCyclopogon cranichoides
- Creeping Bramble FernHypolepis barringtonii
- Cypressknee Helmet OrchidCranichis muscosa
- Delicate Violet OrchidIonopsis utricularioides
- Entire-winged Bristle FernTrichomanes holopterum
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.