Habitat in Alabama
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 232
- Birds
- 87
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Sarvis HollyIlex amelanchier
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Hypericum brachyphyllumHypericum brachyphyllum
- Hypericum myrtifoliumHypericum myrtifolium
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Ludwigia arcuataLudwigia arcuata
- Ludwigia spathulataLudwigia spathulata
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Mudbank CrowngrassPaspalum dissectum
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Chapman's ArrowheadSagittaria chapmanii
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Engelmann's ArrowheadSagittaria engelmanniana
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Hooded ArrowheadSagittaria calycina
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Quillwort ArrowheadSagittaria isoetiformis
- Threadleaf ArrowheadSagittaria filiformis
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Broadleaf Pond-lilyNuphar advena
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Trailing LoosestrifeSteironema radicans
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 87
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
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)
- Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.