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Floodplain%20Marsh

There are 75 taxa reported for the Floodplain%20Marsh habitat.

Floodplain with organic/sand/alluvial substrate; seasonally inundated; subtropical; frequent or occasional fire; maidencane, pickerelweed, sagittaria spp., buttonbush, and mixed emergents.
Habitats:
Scientific Name: Common Name: South Florida Native Status:
Acer rubrum Red maple Native
Alternanthera philoxeroides Alligatorweed Not Native, Naturalized
Anagallis minima Chaffweed Native
Blechnum serrulatum Swamp fern, Toothed midsorus fern Native
Boehmeria cylindrica False nettle, Bog hemp, Button-hemp Native
Canna flaccida Golden canna, Bandana-of-the-everglades Native
Cladium jamaicense Saw-grass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass Native
Colocasia esculenta Wild taro, Dasheen, Coco-yam Not Native, Naturalized
Crinum americanum Swamp-lily, Seven-sisters, String-lily Native
Cyperus distinctus Swamp flatsedge Native
Cyperus odoratus Fragrant flatsedge Native
Diodia virginiana Buttonweed, Virginia buttonweed Native
Eleocharis baldwinii Baldwin’s spikerush, roadgrass Native
Eleocharis cellulosa Gulf Coast spikerush Native
Eustachys glauca Prairie fingergrass, Saltmarsh fingergrass Native
Funastrum clausum Whitevine, White twinevine Native
Habenaria distans Hammock false rein orchid Native
Habenaria repens Waterspider false reinorchid Native
Hibiscus grandiflorus Swamp hibiscus, Swamp rosemallow Native
Hydrocotyle bonariensis Largeleaf marshpennywort Native
Hydrocotyle umbellata Manyflower marshpennywort Native
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata Whorled marshpennywort Native
Hydrolea corymbosa Skyflower Native
Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew’s-cross Native
Ilex cassine Dahoon holly, Dahoon Native
Isoetes flaccida Florida quillwort Native
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos Virginia saltmarsh mallow Native
Lachnanthes caroliana Bloodroot, Carolina redroot Native
Ludwigia octovalvis Mexican primrosewillow Native
Ludwigia palustris Marsh seedbox Native
Ludwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens Floating primrosewillow Native
Luziola fluitans Water grass, Southern watergrass Native
Lygodium microphyllum Small-leaf climbing fern Not Native, Naturalized
Lythrum flagellare Florida loosestrife Native
Micranthemum umbrosum Shade mudflower Native
Mimosa pigra Black mimosa Not Native, Naturalized
Myrica cerifera Wax myrtle, Southern Bayberry Native
Nuphar lutea subsp. advena Spatterdock, Yellow Pondlily Native
Nymphaea odorata American white waterlily Native
Nymphoides aquatica Big floatingheart Native
Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis Royal fern Native
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum Cinnamon fern Native
Packera glabella Butterweed Native
Panicum hemitomon Maidencane Native
Panicum rigidulum Redtop panicum Native
Peltandra virginica Green arum, Green arrow arum Native
Persea palustris Swamp bay Native
Phlebodium aureum Golden polypody Native
Phragmites australis Common reed Native
Pluchea odorata Sweetscent Native
Polygonum hydropiperoides Mild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed Native
Polygonum punctatum Dotted smartweed Native
Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed Native
Proserpinaca palustris Mermaid weed, Marsh mermaidweed Native
Proserpinaca pectinata Mermaid weed, Combleaf mermaidweed Native
Rhynchospora colorata Starrush whitetop Native
Rhynchospora inundata Narrowfruit horned beaksedge Native
Sabal palmetto Cabbage palm Native
Sabatia stellaris Rose-of-Plymouth Native
Saccharum giganteum Sugarcane plumegrass Native
Sagittaria filiformis Threadleaf arrowhead Native
Sagittaria lancifolia Bulltongue arrowhead, lance-leaved arrowhead Native
Salix caroliniana Coastal Plain willow Native
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis Elderberry, American elder Native
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian-pepper Not Native, Naturalized
Schoenolirion albiflorum Sunnybells, White sunnybell Native
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Softstem bulrush Native
Sesbania herbacea Danglepod Native
Solidago stricta Wand goldenrod Native
Spartina bakeri Sand cordgrass Native
Teucrium canadense Wood sage, Canadian germander Native
Thalia geniculata Alligatorflag, Fireflag Native
Thelypteris serrata Toothed lattice-vein fern Native
Tillandsia recurvata Ball-moss Native
Typha domingensis Southern cat-tail Native