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
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.