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
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
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.