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
- 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.