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
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
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.