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
- 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.