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.
- Sweet WoodreedCinna arundinacea
- Southern QuillwortIsoetes flaccida
- American LopseedPhryma leptostachya
- Bay StarvineSchisandra glabra
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Purple TwaybladeLiparis liliifolia
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Short's ChervilChaerophyllum shortii
- Small-flower Baby-blue-eyesNemophila aphylla
- Southern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum pycnostichum
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- Tiny MousetailMyosurus minimus
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Boykins Cluster PeaLackeya multiflora
- CupseedCalycocarpum lyonii
- Dracopis amplexicaulisDracopis amplexicaulis
- Duck River BladderpodPaysonia densipila
- Eastern YampahPerideridia americana
- Purple RocketIodanthus pinnatifidus
- Sticky Hedge HyssopGratiola brevifolia
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Annual HonestyLunaria annua
- Annual Water Aster; Annual Yard AsterSymphyotrichum divaricatum
- Asiatic DayflowerCommelina communis
- Begonia cucullataBegonia cucullata
- Brown's DockRumex brownii
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Chinese YamDioscorea polystachya
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Cyperus entrerianusCyperus entrerianus
- Dame's RocketHesperis matronalis
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- European CornsaladValerianella locusta
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- Evergreen BarberryBerberis julianae
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
- Five-leaf AkebiaAkebia quinata
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hoary BowlesiaBowlesia incana
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.