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
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.