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
- 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
- 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.