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
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.