Habitat in Alabama
Coastal Plain hammocks
Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests. NatureServe
- Plants
- 146
- Birds
- 106
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Southern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana var. silicicola
- Florida SedgeCarex floridana
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Slender Looseflower SedgeCarex gracilescens
- Copper IrisIris fulva
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
- Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Digitaria serotinaDigitaria serotina
- Cenchrus myosuroidesCenchrus myosuroides
- Net Leaf Leather FlowerClematis reticulata
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Spermacoce assurgensSpermacoce remota
- Arnoglossum diversifoliumArnoglossum diversifolium
- Heliopsis gracilisHeliopsis gracilis
- Phlox floridanaPhlox floridana
- Callirhoe papaverCallirhoe papaver
- Cyperus thyrsiflorusCyperus thyrsiflorus
- Gulf Coast Swallow-wortPattalias palustre
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- White Leaf Mountain MintPycnanthemum albescens
- Rhynchosia minimaRhynchosia minima
- Coral-beanErythrina herbacea
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Clustered PellitoryParietaria praetermissa
- Netted Chain-fernLorinseria areolata
- Smoky BalmDicerandra fumella
- Virginia Chain-fernAnchistea virginica
- Brickellia cordifoliaBrickellia cordifolia
- Ozark BunchflowerMelanthium woodii
- Piedmont False-pimpernelLindernia monticola
- Saltmarsh FingergrassEustachys glauca
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Southern Wood-fernDryopteris ludoviciana
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Selaginella ludovicianaSelaginella ludoviciana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 106
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.