Habitat in Alabama
Mountain bogs and fens
Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Bog RagwortPackera crawfordii
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Narrowleaf LespedezaLespedeza angustifolia
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Northern Winged Loose StrifeLythrum alatum
- Crested SedgeCarex cristatella
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Four Flower LoosestrifeSteironema quadriflorum
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Juncus brachycephalusJuncus brachycephalus
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Rufous BulrushScirpus pendulus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Dudley's RushJuncus dudleyi
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Torreys RushJuncus torreyi
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Needle BeaksedgeRhynchospora capillacea
- Stiletto BeaksedgeRhynchospora stiletto
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Beaked SpikerushEleocharis rostellata
- Field MilkwortPolygala sanguinea
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Slender Rose-gentianSabatia campanulata
- White Ladys SlipperCypripedium candidum
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida virgata
- Horned BladderwortUtricularia cornuta
- Largeleaf Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia grandifolia
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Alabama yet.
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.