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
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
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.