Habitat in Alabama
Hardwood and oak flatwoods
Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp. NatureServe
- Plants
- 17
- Birds
- 114
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Swamp Post OakQuercus similis
- Oglethorpe OakQuercus oglethorpensis
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Barrens MilkweedAsclepias hirtella
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Barbed Rattlesnake RootNabalus barbatus
- Michigan LilyLilium michiganense
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Lesser Blue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium minus
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 110
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.