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
- 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.