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 Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Weakley's Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia weakleyi
- Red Hills AzaleaRhododendron colemanii
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Roughleaf DogwoodCornus asperifolia
- Long Flower BeeblossomOenothera filiformis
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Sand Live OakQuercus geminata
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia hirsuta
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- American Dog VioletViola labradorica
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Florida GrapeVitis simpsonii
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Upland RedbayTamala borbonia
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Sarsaparilla Vine; Dwarf SmilaxSmilax pumila
- Bigleaf MagnoliaMagnolia macrophylla
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Blue CrowngrassPaspalum caespitosum
- Reimar GrassPaspalum eglume
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Blue Ridge Carrion-flowerSmilax lasioneura
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Pyramid MagnoliaMagnolia pyramidata
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Star ChickweedStellaria puber
- Carex baltzelliiCarex baltzellii
- Carex dasycarpaCarex dasycarpa
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Scarlet Sage; Blood SageSalvia coccinea
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.