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
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- 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)
- 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.