Habitat in Alabama
Maritime forests and thickets
Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes. Schafale
- Plants
- 46
- Birds
- 74
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Yaupon HollyIlex vomitoria
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Live OakQuercus virginiana
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Canadian ServiceberryAmelanchier canadensis
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum pseudogracile
- Swamp RedbayTamala palustris
- Upland RedbayTamala borbonia
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Carex dasycarpaCarex dasycarpa
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Southern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana var. silicicola
- Florida SedgeCarex floridana
- Yellow PassionflowerPassiflora lutea
- Carolina IndigoIndigofera caroliniana
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- Coral-beanErythrina herbacea
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Rain LilyZephyranthes simpsonii
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Shortleaf BasketgrassOplismenus setarius
- Flaccid Nut RushScleria flaccida
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Pineland Scaly-pinkStipulicida setacea
- Small-flowered BuckthornSageretia minutiflora
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- Aspidistra elatiorAspidistra elatior
- Canary Island Date PalmPhoenix canariensis
- Japanese Mock-orangePittosporum tobira
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 61
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Near water in this habitat 13
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.