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.
- Rich-woods SedgeCarex oligocarpa
- Violet WoodsorrelOxalis violacea
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Carey's SedgeCarex careyana
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
- Eastern Star SedgeCarex radiata
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Flat Spiked SedgeCarex planispicata
- Florida Wood SedgeCarex digitalis var. floridana
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Godfrey's SedgeCarex godfreyi
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Hitchcock's SedgeCarex hitchcockiana
- Krals SedgeCarex kraliana
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Oval-leaf SedgeCarex cephalophora
- Ravine SedgeCarex impressinervia
- Reflexed SedgeCarex retroflexa
- Rezniceks SedgeCarex reznicekii
- Slender Woodland SedgeCarex digitalis var. digitalis
- Slender Woodland SedgeCarex digitalis var. macropoda
- Slow SedgeCarex pigra
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Widow SedgeCarex basiantha
- Willdenow's SedgeCarex willdenowii
- Dwarf PawpawAsimina parviflora
- Heartleaf Hedge-nettleStachys cordata
- Nuttall's Hedge-nettleStachys nuttallii
- American HazelnutCorylus americana
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Great Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis grandis
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
- Fringed LoosestrifeSteironema ciliatum
- Lowland LoosestrifeSteironema hybridum
- Trailing LoosestrifeSteironema radicans
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Climbing HydrangeaHydrangea barbara
- Dwarf LarkspurDelphinium tricorne
- Eurybia jonesiaeEurybia jonesiae
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
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.