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 Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vine. Native
Vitis cinerea
Vitis cinerea
Vine. Native
Early St. Johns Wort; Early St. Johnswort
Hypericum apocynifolium
Native
Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
Tree. Native
Bushy St. John's-wort
Hypericum densiflorum
Shrub. Native
Cat Greenbrier
Smilax glauca
Shrub. Native
Common Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
Vine. Native
Devil's-walkingstick
Aralia spinosa
Tree. Native
Early St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum
Shrub. Native
Fraser Magnolia
Magnolia fraseri
Tree. Native
Painted Buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica
Tree. Native
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Tree. Native
Umbrella Magnolia
Magnolia tripetala
Tree. Native
Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
Tree. Native
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Tree. Native
Fernald's Tick-trefoil
Desmodium fernaldii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Naked Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pointedleaf Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Carrion-flower
Smilax herbacea
Vine. Native
American Basswood; American Linden
Tilia americana var. caroliniana
Tree. Native
American Basswood; American Linden
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Tree. Native
Biltmore's Carrion-flower
Smilax biltmoreana
Vine. Native
Blue Ridge Carrion-flower
Smilax lasioneura
Vine. Native
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
Tree. Native
Huger's Carrion-flower
Smilax hugeri
Vine. Native
Pyramid Magnolia
Magnolia pyramidata
Tree. Native
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Shrub. Native
Leonard's Witch Hazel
Hamamelis ovalis
Native
Lobed Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Grass or sedge. Native
Mercury Spurge
Euphorbia mercurialina
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pale Jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
Wildflower or fern. Native
Poke Milkweed
Asclepias exaltata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Star Chickweed
Stellaria puber
Wildflower or fern. Native
Tinted Spurge
Euphorbia commutata
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Hop-hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Tree. Native
Bryson's Sedge
Carex brysonii
Native
Carex acidicola
Carex acidicola
Native
Eastern Fox Sedge
Carex triangularis
Grass or sedge. Native
Northern Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Shrub. Native
Spotted Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
Shrub. Native
American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Early Bluegrass
Poa cuspidata
Grass or sedge. Native
Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
Grass or sedge. Native
James's Sedge
Carex jamesii
Grass or sedge. Native
Longstalk Sedge
Carex pedunculata
Grass or sedge. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 93

Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Year-round
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Summer
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Year-round
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Winter
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Summer
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Summer
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Summer
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Summer
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Winter
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Summer
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Year-round
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Year-round
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Year-round
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Year-round
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Winter
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Winter
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Year-round
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Year-round
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Winter
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Winter
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Year-round
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Winter
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Year-round
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Year-round
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Winter, beside its main habitat
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Winter
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Year-round
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Year-round
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Year-round
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Year-round
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Winter
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Summer
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
Summer
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Year-round
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Winter

Near water in this habitat 16

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Summer, only within 120 m of water
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Summer, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.