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.
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Roundfruit Hedge-hyssopGratiola virginiana
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- Swamp WedgescaleTrisetum pensylvanicum
- WhiskfernPsilotum nudum
- White Arrow-arumPeltandra sagittifolia
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Apteria aphyllaApteria aphylla
- Florida Hedge HyssopGratiola floridana
- Rhapidophyllum hystrixRhapidophyllum hystrix
- Sticky Hedge HyssopGratiola brevifolia
- Amazon SprangletopDinebra panicoides
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Annual Water Aster; Annual Yard AsterSymphyotrichum divaricatum
- Begonia cucullataBegonia cucullata
- Ceasar WeedUrena lobata
- Dotted DuckmeatLandoltia punctata
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Florida HobblebushAgarista populifolia
- Grove BluegrassPoa alsodes
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- Japanese CleyeraTernstroemia gymnanthera
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Japanese Lady FernDeparia petersenii
- Ludwigia peruvianaLudwigia peruviana
- Old World Climbing FernLygodium microphyllum
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Pouzolz's BushPouzolzia zeylanica
- Purple ChokeberryAronia prunifolia
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Thalia geniculataThalia geniculata
- West Indian Striped BrakePteris plumieri
- Winter-creeperEuonymus fortunei
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
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.