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
- 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.