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
- 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
- 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.