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.
- Catesby's BindweedConvolvulus catesbyanus
- Cylindric-fruit SeedboxLudwigia glandulosa
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Lakebank SedgeCarex lacustris
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Mexican Primrose-willowLudwigia octovalvis
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Climbing AsterAmpelaster carolinianus
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Giant Blue IrisIris giganticaerulea
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- BagpodSesbania vesicaria
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Quillwort ArrowheadSagittaria isoetiformis
- Barratt's SedgeCarex barrattii
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Slender Blue IrisIris prismatica
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Trailing LoosestrifeSteironema radicans
- Florida DockRumex floridanus
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Stalked PanicgrassColeataenia stipitata
- Warty PanicgrassKellochloa verrucosa
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianumChenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
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.