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
- 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.