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
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.