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
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.