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
- 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.