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.
- Rough WitchgrassDichanthelium leucothrix
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Spermacoce assurgensSpermacoce remota
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- American SpeedwellVeronica americana
- River BulrushBolboschoenus fluviatilis
- Southern LobeliaLobelia amoena
- Stout RushJuncus nodatus
- California BulrushSchoenoplectus californicus
- Cyperus articulatusCyperus articulatus
- Cyperus ochraceusCyperus ochraceus
- Dark-green BulrushScirpus atrovirens
- Georgia BulrushScirpus georgianus
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Gulf Coast Swallow-wortPattalias palustre
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Green FlatsedgeCyperus virens
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Marsh FlatsedgeCyperus pseudovegetus
- Redroot FlatsedgeCyperus erythrorhizos
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Smallhead Marsh-elderIva microcephala
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Yellow FlatsedgeCyperus flavescens
- Narrow PlumegrassErianthus strictus
- Saccharum coarctatumErianthus coarctatus
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
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.