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.
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Lake CressRorippa aquatica
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Eubotrys racemosaEubotrys racemosa
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Lesser DuckweedLemna aequinoctialis
- Little DuckweedLemna obscura
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Valdivia DuckweedLemna valdiviana
- Polygala crenataPolygala crenata
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- American MistletoePhoradendron leucarpum
- Black MangroveAvicennia germinans
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Red TurtleheadChelone obliqua
- Silky CamelliaStewartia malacodendron
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- Small Green Wood OrchidPlatanthera clavellata
- White Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera integrilabia
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Coastal DoghobbleLeucothoe axillaris
- Eastern Swamp PrivetForestiera acuminata
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Southern Wild-riceZizaniopsis miliacea
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Coastal Rose-gentianSabatia calycina
- Illicium floridanumIllicium floridanum
- One Flower False FiddleleafHydrolea uniflora
- Ovate Leaf False FiddleleafHydrolea ovata
- Planer-treePlanera aquatica
- Saltmarsh FingergrassEustachys glauca
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
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.