Habitat in Alabama
Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)
Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead. NatureServe
- Plants
- 35
- Birds
- 104
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Solidago sempervirens var. mexicanaSolidago mexicana
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Sandpaper VervainVerbena scabra
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca rigida
- Lakebank SedgeCarex lacustris
- Dwarf ArrowheadSagittaria subulata
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- New England BulrushBolboschoenus novae-angliae
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Black NeedlerushJuncus roemerianus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSporobolus pumilus
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Crassula aquaticaCrassula aquatica
- Carolina Sea-lavenderLimonium carolinianum
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Pink RedstemAmmannia latifolia
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Pasture FlatsedgeCyperus brevifolioides
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 104
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.