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
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.