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
- 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.