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
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
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.