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
- 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.