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.
- Nodding Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes cernua
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Shade MudflowerMicranthemum umbrosum
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Southern Blue MonkshoodAconitum uncinatum
- Spring AvensGeum vernum
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Southern Wood-fernDryopteris ludoviciana
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Dixie Wood-fernDryopteris × australis
- Selaginella ludovicianaSelaginella ludoviciana
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- Cliftonia monophyllaCliftonia monophylla
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella repens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Hygrophila lacustrisHygrophila costata
- Spring Spider LilyHymenocallis liriosme
- Swamp JessamineGelsemium rankinii
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Flaccid Nut RushScleria flaccida
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema pusillum
- Twoleaf MiterwortMitella diphylla
- Louisiana QuillwortIsoetes louisianensis
- Southern QuillwortIsoetes flaccida
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- American Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium americanum
- Fen OrchidLiparis loeselii
- Fivelobe CucumberCayaponia quinqueloba
- Green-fly OrchidEpidendrum conopseum
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- Mayaca fluviatilisMayaca fluviatilis
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.