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.
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Pennsylvania RushJuncus gymnocarpus
- Redpod RushJuncus trigonocarpus
- Big CordgrassSporobolus cynosuroides
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Fragrant SpikesedgeCyperus sesquiflorus
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Green PitcherplantSarracenia oreophila
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Largeleaf PondweedPotamogeton amplifolius
- Longleaf PondweedPotamogeton nodosus
- Ribbonleaf PondweedPotamogeton epihydrus
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Small PondweedPotamogeton pusillus
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Tallapoosa Cane, Alabama Cane, Brittle CaneArundinaria alabamensis
- Waterthread PondweedPotamogeton diversifolius
- Stiletto BeaksedgeRhynchospora stiletto
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Mosquito BeaksedgeRhynchospora crinipes
- Swamp-forest BeaksedgeRhynchospora decurrens
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Purpleleaf WillowherbEpilobium coloratum
- Coastal Water-hyssopBacopa monnieri
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Hairy Bush HoneysuckleDiervilla rivularis
- Roundleaf Water-hyssopBacopa rotundifolia
- Southern Bush-honeysuckleDiervilla sessilifolia
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Creeping Love GrassEragrostis reptans
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Eubotrys racemosaEubotrys racemosa
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Rice CutgrassLeersia oryzoides
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Mountain CamelliaStewartia ovata
- Pink TurtleheadChelone lyonii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 135
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
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.