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.
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Small Fruit WitchgrassDichanthelium microcarpon
- Spermacoce assurgensSpermacoce remota
- Spotted-sheath WitchgrassDichanthelium yadkinense
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Arnoglossum sulcatumArnoglossum sulcatum
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Smooth PhloxPhlox glaberrima
- Spotted PhaceliaPhacelia maculata
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
- Georgia LobeliaLobelia georgiana
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Southern LobeliaLobelia amoena
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Nottoway Valley BromeBromus nottowayanus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria australis
- Spreading Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria patula
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Annual Marsh-elderIva annua
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Clustered FescueFestuca paradoxa
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Deam's Three-seeded MercuryAcalypha deamii
- Largeseed Forget-me-notMyosotis macrosperma
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.