Habitat in Alabama
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 134
- Birds
- 155
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Woody GoldenrodChrysoma pauciflosculosa
- Solidago sempervirens var. mexicanaSolidago mexicana
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Southern HorseweedErigeron pusillus
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Beach Morning-gloryIpomoea imperati
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Railroad VineIpomoea brasiliensis
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium anomalum
- Seabeach Evening-primroseOenothera humifusa
- Cruise's GoldenasterChrysopsis cruiseana
- Godfrey's Golden AsterChrysopsis godfreyi
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Seabeach KnotweedPolygonum glaucum
- Tall KnotweedPolygonum ramosissimum
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum pseudogracile
- Little Prickly-pearOpuntia drummondii
- Upland RedbayTamala borbonia
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca rigida
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Aloe YuccaYucca aloifolia
- Dog-tongue BuckwheatEriogonum tomentosum
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Agalinis harperiAgalinis harperi
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium littorale
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Panicum amarum var. amarulumPanicum amarum var. amarulum
- Panicum amarum var. amarumPanicum amarum var. amarum
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianumChenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 155
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.