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
- 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.