Mangrove Spiderlily

Hymenocallis latifolia

Found in dunes, dune swales, mangrove swamps, other moist habitats. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 15 Florida counties.

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Tidal forests and thickets of red, black and white mangrove along sheltered tropical and subtropical shores.

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 149 animals.

Eastern Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Birds. 1 shared habitat