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
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.