Habitat in Alabama
Salt and brackish marshes
Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides. Schafale
- Plants
- 48
- Birds
- 115
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Rough GoldentopEuthamia scabra
- Weakley's Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia weakleyi
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Southern HorseweedErigeron pusillus
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Tall KnotweedPolygonum ramosissimum
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Seashore CrowngrassPaspalum vaginatum
- Wand LoosestrifeLythrum lineare
- Southern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana var. silicicola
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Delta BulrushSchoenoplectus deltarum
- Sea OxeyeBorrichia frutescens
- Olney's ThreesquareSchoenoplectus americanus
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Cyperus filicinusCyperus filicinus
- Saltmarsh CordgrassSporobolus alterniflorus
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- Black MangroveAvicennia germinans
- SawgrassCladium jamaicense
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Dune HairgrassMuhlenbergia sericea
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Batis maritimaBatis maritima
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Fimbristylis castaneaFimbristylis castanea
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Curved Sickle-grassParapholis incurva
- Mangrove FlatsedgeCyperus ligularis
- Saltmarsh SandspurrySpergularia marina
- Seaside PetuniaCalibrachoa parviflora
- Yucatan CamphorweedPluchea yucatanensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 115
- King RailRallus elegans
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
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.