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
- 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.