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
- 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.