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
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Swamp RedbayTamala palustris
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Coral GreenbrierSmilax walteri
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- Nyssa ogecheNyssa ogeche
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Hairy SeedboxLudwigia pilosa
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Climbing AsterAmpelaster carolinianus
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Giant Blue IrisIris giganticaerulea
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Barratt's SedgeCarex barrattii
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Canebrake SedgeCarex austrodeflexa
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, 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
- 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)
- 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.