Habitat in Alabama
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 327
- Birds
- 142

Plants
Also found in this habitat in Alabama: plants whose sourced habitat text names it. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Black Highbush BlueberryVaccinium fuscatum
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Smallflower BlueberryVaccinium virgatum
- Stiff DogwoodCornus stricta
- Dahoon HollyIlex cassine
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Smooth AzaleaRhododendron arborescens
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago salicina
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Verbesina aristataVerbesina aristata
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- May HawthornCrataegus aestivalis
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- Southern Toothed ViburnumViburnum scabrellum
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Scarlet RosemallowHibiscus coccineus
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Dense-flower SmartweedPersicaria densiflora
Wildlife
Also found in this habitat: wildlife whose USGS habitat models (2001 land cover) include it, where its range includes Alabama. Not sighting records, and not food.
Birds 142
- 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
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- 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 Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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)
- Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.























































































