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.
- Bog Witch GrassDichanthelium lucidum
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Small Fruit WitchgrassDichanthelium microcarpon
- Spotted-sheath WitchgrassDichanthelium yadkinense
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Arnoglossum diversifoliumArnoglossum diversifolium
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Georgia LobeliaLobelia georgiana
- Swamp RushJuncus paludosus
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Cyperus thyrsiflorusCyperus thyrsiflorus
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
- Floating Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
- Shield Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
- Spreading BulrushScirpus divaricatus
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Pieris phillyreifoliaPieris phillyreifolia
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Birdbill SpikegrassChasmanthium ornithorhynchum
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Saccharum coarctatumErianthus coarctatus
- Shiny SpikegrassChasmanthium nitidum
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Broadfruit Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora careyana
- Fragrant BeaksedgeRhynchospora odorata
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Millet BeaksedgeRhynchospora miliacea
- Mingled BeakrushRhynchospora mixta
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Swamp-forest BeaksedgeRhynchospora decurrens
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
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.