Habitat in Alabama
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 418
- Birds
- 146
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- White WillowSalix alba
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- Smooth Elmleaf GoldenrodSolidago delicatula
- Stiff DogwoodCornus stricta
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Grass-leaved Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia graminifolia
- Long Flower BeeblossomOenothera filiformis
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Spanish-needlesBidens bipinnata
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Swamp Post OakQuercus similis
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Oglethorpe OakQuercus oglethorpensis
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Baptisia megacarpaBaptisia megacarpa
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- Hill HawthornCrataegus collina
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Viburnum obovatumViburnum obovatum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 146
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
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.