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.
- Scouring RushEquisetum praealtum
- Slender WaternymphNajas gracillima
- Spineless HornwortCeratophyllum echinatum
- Spoon Shape Barbaras ButtonsMarshallia obovata var. obovata
- Widgeon-grassRuppia maritima
- Water StargrassHeteranthera dubia
- Appalachian QuillwortIsoetes appalachiana
- Blue Mud PlantainHeteranthera limosa
- Sweet WoodreedCinna arundinacea
- Terrestrial Water-starwortCallitriche terrestris
- Winter QuillwortIsoetes hyemalis
- Boom's QuillwortIsoetes boomii
- Louisiana QuillwortIsoetes louisianensis
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Dwarf-burheadHelanthium tenellum
- Fivelobe CucumberCayaponia quinqueloba
- Golden Hedge-hyssopGratiola lutea
- Mayaca fluviatilisMayaca fluviatilis
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Roundfruit Hedge-hyssopGratiola virginiana
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- YellowrootXanthorhiza simplicissima
- Boykins Cluster PeaLackeya multiflora
- CupseedCalycocarpum lyonii
- Florida Hedge HyssopGratiola floridana
- Jamesianthus alabamensisJamesianthus alabamensis
- Missouri MaidenbushPhyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
- Ozark Tassel-rueTrautvetteria applanata
- Pinguicula primulifloraPinguicula primuliflora
- Autumn FernDryopteris erythrosora
- Baby JumpupMecardonia procumbens
- Begonia cucullataBegonia cucullata
- Common Water-primroseLudwigia hexapetala
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- European VervainVerbena officinalis
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Fiddle Leaf TobaccoNicotiana repanda
- Fourspike HeliotropeEuploca procumbens
- Hygrophila polyspermaHygrophila polysperma
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Jerusalem CherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
- Lesser Balloon-vineCardiospermum halicacabum
- Ludwigia grandifloraLudwigia grandiflora
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.