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.
- Cutleaf ToothwortCardamine concatenata
- Forkleaf ToothwortCardamine dissecta
- Limestone BittercressCardamine douglassii
- Slender ToothwortCardamine angustata
- Two-leaved ToothwortCardamine diphylla
- Virginia Virgin's-bowerClematis virginiana
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Carolina False-dandelionPyrrhopappus carolinianus
- False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Largeleaf PhloxPhlox amplifolia
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Hairy SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. punctata
- Kentucky SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta
- Nottoway Valley BromeBromus nottowayanus
- Hill CaneArundinaria appalachiana
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Mountain Golden-AlexandersZizia trifoliata
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
- Thalictrum debileThalictrum debile
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- White Leaf Mountain MintPycnanthemum albescens
- Early Meadow-rueThalictrum dioicum
- Rue AnemoneThalictrum thalictroides
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Carolina Spring-beautyClaytonia caroliniana
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- Elliott's GentianGentiana catesbyi
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.