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.
- Navel CornsaladValerianella umbilicata
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Woodland AgrimonyAgrimonia rostellata
- Indian-pipeMonotropa uniflora
- Southern Blue MonkshoodAconitum uncinatum
- Virginia SnakerootEndodeca serpentaria
- Appalachian Rockcap FernPolypodium appalachianum
- Bearded ShorthuskBrachyelytrum erectum
- Hairy Solomon's-sealPolygonatum pubescens
- Large Solomons Seal; King Solomons SealPolygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
- White Trout LilyErythronium albidum
- Yellow Star-grassHypoxis hirsuta
- Common Blue CohoshCaulophyllum thalictroides
- Sharp-lobed HepaticaHepatica acutiloba
- Bowman's-rootGillenia trifoliata
- Dixie Wood-fernDryopteris × australis
- FoamflowerTiarella wherryi
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- Round-lobed HepaticaHepatica americana
- Tiarella cordifolia var. austrinaTiarella austrina
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- Little Brown JugHexastylis arifolia
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Green-violetCubelium concolor
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- One-seed Bur-cucumberSicyos angulatus
- Shortleaf BasketgrassOplismenus setarius
- Silvery SpleenwortDeparia acrostichoides
- Small's Black-snakerootSanicula smallii
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium asplenioides
- Variable-leaf HeartleafHexastylis heterophylla
- Yellow YamDioscorea villosa
- Carolina CoralbeadNephroia carolina
- Dioscorea floridanaDioscorea floridana
- Dutchman's BreechesDicentra cucullaria
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
- Virginia StickseedHackelia virginiana
- Allegheny-spurgePachysandra procumbens
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- White-flowered LeafcupPolymnia canadensis
- Carolina Wood RushLuzula acuminata var. carolinae
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
- Cutleaf GrapefernSceptridium dissectum
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema pusillum
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema quinatum
- Shining ClubmossHuperzia lucidula
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.