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.
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Shortleaf BasketgrassOplismenus setarius
- Habenaria quinquesetaHabenaria quinqueseta
- Harper's Wild GingerHexastylis harperi
- Scoparia dulcisScoparia dulcis
- Carpenter's Ground CherryCalliphysalis carpenteri
- Flaccid Nut RushScleria flaccida
- Slender dwarf morning gloryEvolvulus alsinoides
- Small-flowered BuckthornSageretia minutiflora
- American LopseedPhryma leptostachya
- Bay StarvineSchisandra glabra
- Fivelobe CucumberCayaponia quinqueloba
- Green-fly OrchidEpidendrum conopseum
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- Apteria aphyllaApteria aphylla
- CupseedCalycocarpum lyonii
- Ozark GrassLimnodea arkansana
- Rhapidophyllum hystrixRhapidophyllum hystrix
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Begonia cucullataBegonia cucullata
- Calloose GrapeVitis shuttleworthii
- Canary Island Date PalmPhoenix canariensis
- Chamaesyce ophthalmicaEuphorbia ophthalmica
- CitronCitrus medica
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Dominican SignalgrassUrochloa adspersa
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- False MallowMalvastrum corchorifolium
- Florida HobblebushAgarista populifolia
- Hoary BowlesiaBowlesia incana
- Inchplant; Wandering Jew; Sebra Plant; Creeping Charlie; Wandering DudeTradescantia zebrina
- Japanese Lady FernDeparia petersenii
- Japanese Mock-orangePittosporum tobira
- Ladder BrakePteris vittata
- Little-bellIpomoea triloba
- Marine-ivyCissus trifoliata
- Matted SandmatEuphorbia serpens
- Odontonema cuspidatumOdontonema cuspidatum
- Old World Climbing FernLygodium microphyllum
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- Pantropical FanpetalsSida cordifolia
- Selaginella uncinataDidiclis uncinata
- Soldier's OrchidZeuxine strateumatica
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Three Lobe False MallowMalvastrum coromandelianum
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.