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.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Black Highbush BlueberryVaccinium fuscatum
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Smallflower BlueberryVaccinium virgatum
- Stiff DogwoodCornus stricta
- Dahoon HollyIlex cassine
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Smooth AzaleaRhododendron arborescens
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago salicina
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Verbesina aristataVerbesina aristata
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- May HawthornCrataegus aestivalis
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- Southern Toothed ViburnumViburnum scabrellum
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Scarlet RosemallowHibiscus coccineus
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Dense-flower SmartweedPersicaria densiflora
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
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.