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.
- Apalachicola Doll's DaisyBoltonia apalachicolensis
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Sessile-leaf BellwortUvularia sessilifolia
- Uvularia floridanaUvularia floridana
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Navel CornsaladValerianella umbilicata
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Swamp AgrimonyAgrimonia parviflora
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- Gulf Sebastian-bushDitrysinia fruticosa
- Hairy WoodmintBlephilia hirsuta
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Woolly Dutchman's-pipeIsotrema tomentosum
- Atamasco LilyZephyranthes atamasco
- Beaked Trout LilyErythronium rostratum
- Canada MoonseedMenispermum canadense
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Dixie Wood-fernDryopteris × australis
- FoamflowerTiarella wherryi
- Tiarella cordifolia var. austrinaTiarella austrina
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
- Branched FoldwingDicliptera brachiata
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium asplenioides
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella repens
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
- Hymenocallis choctawensisHymenocallis choctawensis
- Lesser Blue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium minus
- Spring Spider LilyHymenocallis liriosme
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Scouring RushEquisetum praealtum
- Kidneyleaf Mud-plantainHeteranthera reniformis
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
- Green DragonArisaema dracontium
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema quinatum
- Rattlesnake FernBotrypus virginianus
- Spreading ChervilChaerophyllum procumbens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 146
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
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.