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.
- Uniola FlatsedgeCyperus unioloides
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Begonia cucullataBegonia cucullata
- Centipede TongavineEpipremnum pinnatum
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Dotted DuckmeatLandoltia punctata
- Giant BrakePteris tripartita
- Aquatic Soda AppleSolanum tampicense
- Ceasar WeedUrena lobata
- Eggers NutrushScleria eggersiana
- ElephantgrassCenchrus purpureus
- Japanese Lady FernDeparia petersenii
- KripaLumnitzera racemosa
- Ludwigia peruvianaLudwigia peruviana
- Old World Climbing FernLygodium microphyllum
- TrompetillaHymenachne amplexicaulis
- Wright's NutrushScleria lacustris
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 154
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.