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.
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Gholson's SedgeCarex gholsonii
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Godfrey's SedgeCarex godfreyi
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Green GerardiaAgalinis viridis
- Greenish-white SedgeCarex albolutescens
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Limestone Meadow SedgeCarex granularis
- Lined SedgeCarex striatula
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
- Prune-fruit SedgeCarex corrugata
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Slow SedgeCarex pigra
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Common PawpawAsimina triloba
- Heartleaf Hedge-nettleStachys cordata
- Nuttall's Hedge-nettleStachys nuttallii
- Smooth Hedge-nettleStachys tenuifolia
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Common Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Fringed LoosestrifeSteironema ciliatum
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Climbing HydrangeaHydrangea barbara
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Limestone BittercressCardamine douglassii
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 146
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.