Habitat in Alabama
Moist forests
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale
- Plants
- 337
- Birds
- 109
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Early St. Johns Wort; Early St. JohnswortHypericum apocynifolium
- Bigleaf MagnoliaMagnolia macrophylla
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Fraser MagnoliaMagnolia fraseri
- Painted BuckeyeAesculus sylvatica
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Umbrella MagnoliaMagnolia tripetala
- Yellow BuckeyeAesculus flava
- Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Naked Tick-trefoilHylodesmum nudiflorum
- Pointedleaf Tick-trefoilHylodesmum glutinosum
- Smooth Carrion-flowerSmilax herbacea
- American Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. caroliniana
- American Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. heterophylla
- Biltmore's Carrion-flowerSmilax biltmoreana
- Blue Ridge Carrion-flowerSmilax lasioneura
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Huger's Carrion-flowerSmilax hugeri
- Pyramid MagnoliaMagnolia pyramidata
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Leonard's Witch HazelHamamelis ovalis
- Lobed TickseedCoreopsis auriculata
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Mercury SpurgeEuphorbia mercurialina
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Poke MilkweedAsclepias exaltata
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Star ChickweedStellaria puber
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- Bryson's SedgeCarex brysonii
- Carex acidicolaCarex acidicola
- Eastern Fox SedgeCarex triangularis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- American SennaSenna hebecarpa
- Early BluegrassPoa cuspidata
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Longstalk SedgeCarex pedunculata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 93
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
Near water in this habitat 16
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.