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
- 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.