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.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago puberula var. pulverulenta
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Elliott's GoldenrodSolidago latissimifolia
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula var. strictula
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Verbesina aristataVerbesina aristata
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- May HawthornCrataegus aestivalis
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- Pineland HibiscusSabdariffa aculeata
- Scarlet RosemallowMuenchhusia coccinea
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Longleaf CamphorweedPluchea longifolia
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Swamp RedbayPersea palustris
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Florida AmaranthAmaranthus floridanus
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
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.