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.
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Narrow PlumegrassErianthus strictus
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Broadfruit Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora careyana
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Coastal BeaksedgeRhynchospora pleiantha
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Harper's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harperi
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Narrow-fruit Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora inundata
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- Tracy's BeaksedgeRhynchospora tracyi
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Horsetail SpikerushEleocharis equisetoides
- Robbins's SpikerushEleocharis robbinsii
- Slim SpikerushEleocharis elongata
- Three-angle SpikerushEleocharis tricostata
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- Kral's Yellow Eyed GrassXyris longisepala
- Quillwort Yellow Eyed GrassXyris isoetifolia
- Tall Pinebarren MilkwortPolygala cymosa
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Pineland Yellow-eyed-grassXyris stricta
- Xyris elliottiiXyris elliottii
- Virginia Chain-fernAnchistea virginica
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
- Big Floating-heartNymphoides aquatica
- Large Flower Rose GentianSabatia grandiflora
- Little Floating-heartNymphoides cordata
- Harper's ButtonweedDiodia harperi
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Dwarf BladderwortUtricularia olivacea
- Floating BladderwortUtricularia radiata
- Florida Yellow BladderwortUtricularia floridana
- Horned BladderwortUtricularia cornuta
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.