Habitat in Alabama
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals. Schafale
- Plants
- 322
- Birds
- 135
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Sweet White VioletViola blanda
- Bracted VervainVerbena bracteata
- Eastern Black NightshadeSolanum emulans
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Southeastern Cut Leaf Cone FlowerRudbeckia laciniata var. digitata
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Heartleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis cordata
- Red Seed PlantainPlantago rhodosperma
- Narrow Leaf Bushy St. JohnswortHypericum interior
- Sarsaparilla Vine; Dwarf SmilaxSmilax pumila
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Five Lobe St. JohnswortHypericum lobocarpum
- Hypericum nitidumHypericum nitidum
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Painted BuckeyeAesculus sylvatica
- Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Virginia SpiraeaSpiraea virginiana
- Mimosa strigillosaMimosa strigillosa
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Bog SpicebushLindera subcoriacea
- Creeping SeedboxLudwigia repens
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Eastern WahooEuonymus atropurpureus
- Hairy SeedboxLudwigia pilosa
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Climbing AsterAmpelaster carolinianus
- Engelmann's ArrowheadSagittaria engelmanniana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 135
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.