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.
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- White WillowSalix alba
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- Smooth Elmleaf GoldenrodSolidago delicatula
- Stiff DogwoodCornus stricta
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Grass-leaved Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia graminifolia
- Long Flower BeeblossomOenothera filiformis
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Spanish-needlesBidens bipinnata
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Swamp Post OakQuercus similis
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Oglethorpe OakQuercus oglethorpensis
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Baptisia megacarpaBaptisia megacarpa
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- Hill HawthornCrataegus collina
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Viburnum obovatumViburnum obovatum
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.