Habitat in Alabama
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 261
- Birds
- 59
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Stiff DogwoodCornus stricta
- Wand GoldenrodSolidago virgata
- Weakley's Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia weakleyi
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Awnless BeggarticksBidens polylepis
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Nodding BeggarticksBidens cernua
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Tall BeggarticksBidens vulgata
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Southern Toothed ViburnumViburnum scabrellum
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium torreyanum
- Halberd-leaf RosemallowHibiscus laevis
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Scarlet RosemallowHibiscus coccineus
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Reimar GrassPaspalum eglume
- Asclepias connivensAsclepias connivens
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Ludwigia arcuataLudwigia arcuata
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 59
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
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)
- Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.