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.

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Tree. Native
Alabama Azalea
Rhododendron alabamense
Shrub. Native
Cumberland Azalea
Rhododendron cumberlandense
Shrub. Native
Hairy Heart Leaf Aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Heartleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pink Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Shrub. Native
Slender Flat-top Goldenrod
Euthamia caroliniana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Arrowleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Tree. Native
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Tree. Native
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Florida Maple
Acer floridanum
Tree. Native
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Witherod Viburnum
Viburnum cassinoides
Tree. Native
Baptisia megacarpa
Baptisia megacarpa
Native
Pear Hawthorn
Crataegus calpodendron
Tree. Native
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hollow Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Wildflower or fern. Native
Alabama Croton
Croton alabamensis var. alabamensis
Native
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Tree. Native
American Dog Violet
Viola labradorica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Crownbeard
Verbesina walteri
Wildflower or fern. Native
Crataegus mendosa
Crataegus mendosa
Native
Crataegus triflora
Crataegus triflora
Native
Crataegus viridis var. lanceolata
Crataegus viridis var. lanceolata
Native
Dark Indigo Bush
Amorpha nitens
Shrub. Native
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Tree. Native
LeConte's Violet
Viola affinis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Long-spurred Violet
Viola rostrata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Shrub. Native
Southern Woodland Violet
Viola hirsutula
Wildflower or fern. Native
Striped Cream Violet
Viola striata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda
Wildflower or fern. Native
Threepart Violet
Viola tripartita
Wildflower or fern. Native
Granite Gooseberry
Ribes curvatum
Shrub. Native
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Tree. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Prickly Gooseberry
Ribes cynosbati
Shrub. Native
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Tree. Native
Buckthorn Bumelia
Sideroxylon lycioides
Tree. Native
Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
Shrub. Native
Fewflower Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum pauciflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Florida Grape
Vitis simpsonii
Vine. 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.