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
- 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.