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
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.