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.
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Largeleaf PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
- Rhexia salicifoliaRhexia salicifolia
- Umbrella Flat SedgeCyperus diandrus
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Indigofera miniataIndigofera miniata
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Gray's FlatsedgeCyperus grayi
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSporobolus pumilus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- PoorjoeHexasepalum teres
- Nuttallanthus floridanusLinaria floridana
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Roundleaf BluetHoustonia procumbens
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Coastal Sand FrostweedCrocanthemum arenicola
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Ceratiola ericoidesCeratiola ericoides
- Dune HairgrassMuhlenbergia sericea
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Pinewoods FingergrassEustachys petraea
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Gulf Coast Sea RocketCakile constricta
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Stillingia aquaticaStillingia aquatica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 155
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
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.