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
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.