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.
- Everglades PalmAcoelorraphe wrightii
- Florida Dancinglady OrchidOncidium ensatum
- Florida Hedge HyssopGratiola floridana
- Ghost OrchidDendrophylax lindenii
- Greater Yellowspike OrchidPolystachya concreta
- HachuelaPelexia adnata
- Hanging Club-mossPhlegmariurus dichotomus
- Leafless Bentspur OrchidCampylocentrum pachyrrhizum
- Leitneria floridanaLeitneria floridana
- Long Strap FernCampyloneurum phyllitidis
- Narrow Strap FernCampyloneurum angustifolium
- Needleroot Airplant OrchidDendrophylax porrectus
- Night-scented OrchidEpidendrum nocturnum
- Nodding Strap AirplantCatopsis nutans
- Plume PolypodyPecluma plumula
- Rhapidophyllum hystrixRhapidophyllum hystrix
- Sticky Hedge HyssopGratiola brevifolia
- Stiff-flower Star OrchidEpidendrum rigidum
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Swamp RosemallowMuenchhusia grandiflora
- Tailed Strap FernCampyloneurum costatum
- Tall NeottiaCyclopogon elatus
- Tiny OrchidLepanthopsis melanantha
- Trichomanes galeottiiTrichomanes galeottii
- Umbrella Star OrchidEpidendrum floridense
- West Indian Tufted AirplantGuzmania monostachia
- Wild CocoEulophia alta
- AmamastlaRumex chrysocarpos
- Asian WatermealWolffia globosa
- Commercial VanillaVanilla planifolia
- Copper IrisIris fulva
- Elegant SpikerushEleocharis elegans
- Eragrostis unioloidesEragrostis unioloides
- European Chain FernWoodwardia radicans
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Florida BurrheadEchinodorus grandiflorus
- Giant Sword FernNephrolepis biserrata
- Glossy ShowerSenna surattensis
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- Japanese CleyeraTernstroemia gymnanthera
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Long BrakePteris grandifolia
- Longleaf PrimrosewillowLudwigia longifolia
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- Nun's-hood OrchidPhaius tancarvilleae
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pouzolz's BushPouzolzia zeylanica
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.