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
- 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.