Habitat in Alabama
Depression ponds and limesinks
Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Kral's AsterSymphyotrichum kralii
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- False FennelEupatorium leptophyllum
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium anomalum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Croton elliottiiCroton elliottii
- Hairy SmartweedPersicaria hirsuta
- Sideroxylon thorneiSideroxylon thornei
- Nyssa ogecheNyssa ogeche
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Harpers St. Johns Wort; Harpers St. JohnswortHypericum harperi
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Shrubby SeedboxLudwigia suffruticosa
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Chapman's ArrowheadSagittaria chapmanii
- Barratt's SedgeCarex barrattii
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Broadleaf Pond-lilyNuphar advena
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Lowland LoosestrifeSteironema hybridum
- Carpet Witchgrass; Carpet Witch GrassDichanthelium chamaelonche
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Eaton's WitchgrassDichanthelium spretum
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Southeastern PanicgrassColeataenia tenera
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Lobelia flaccidifoliaLobelia flaccidifolia
- Boykin's LobeliaLobelia boykinii
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Canby's BulrushSchoenoplectus etuberculatus
- Rhexia parvifloraRhexia parviflora
- Rhexia salicifoliaRhexia salicifolia
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Awned Meadow-beautyRhexia aristosa
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Alabama yet.
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) 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.