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.
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Collins's SedgeCarex collinsii
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Dark-green SedgeCarex venusta
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Fringed SedgeCarex crinita
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Godfrey's SedgeCarex godfreyi
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Nuphar lutea subsp. orbiculataNuphar orbiculata
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Southern Long SedgeCarex lonchocarpa
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Velvet SedgeCarex vestita
- Weak Stellate SedgeCarex seorsa
- Copper IrisIris fulva
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Trailing LoosestrifeSteironema radicans
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Climbing HydrangeaHydrangea barbara
- Coastal Sweet-pepperbushClethra alnifolia
- Florida DockRumex floridanus
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Shortleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium curtifolium
- Stalked PanicgrassColeataenia stipitata
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosaClethra tomentosa
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus septentrionalis
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
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
- 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.