Red-breasted Nuthatch in Alabama

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 6

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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SummerWinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerWinterSouthern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier; Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Other habitats in its models (38)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Winter.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer and winter.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter.
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.