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
- 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.