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
- 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.