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 BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Blue Ridge Golden-bannerThermopsis villosa
- Eleocharis montanaEleocharis montana
- Rose BluetHoustonia rosea
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Eastern Marsh FernThelypteris palustris var. pubescens
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- American BladdernutStaphylea trifolia
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- Irisleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris iridifolia
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- American BugleweedLycopus americanus
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Red SprangletopDinebra panicea subsp. brachiata
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Bears FootSmallanthus uvedalia
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Eastern Blue Eyed MaryCollinsia verna
- Eastern BluestarAmsonia tabernaemontana
- Eastern LeatherwoodDirca palustris
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Netted Chain-fernLorinseria areolata
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Virginia Chain-fernAnchistea virginica
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- American ColumboFrasera caroliniensis
- Creeping CucumberMelothria pendula
- Lance Leaf TrilliumTrillium lancifolium
- Little Sweet TrilliumTrillium cuneatum
- Ribbed BishopweedPtilimnium costatum
- Beaked CornsaladValerianella radiata
- Catesby's TrilliumTrillium catesbyi
- Large Flower ValerianValeriana pauciflora
- MayapplePodophyllum peltatum
- Mottled Trillium; Spotted TrilliumTrillium maculatum
- Twisted TrilliumTrillium stamineum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 146
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
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.