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Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
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The Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes region contains salt and brackish marshes, dunes, beaches, and barrier islands that enclose the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay. Cordgrass and saltgrass are common in the intertidal zone, while xeric coastal strand and pine scrub vegetation occurs on parts of the dunes, spits, and barrier islands. Dauphin Island, one of Alabama’s best birding sites, is known for the many trans-gulf migrant bird species that can be seen in spring and fall.
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Plants
Alligatorweed
Alternanthera philoxeroides (species)
93
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Beautyberries
Callicarpa americana (species)
57
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cogongrass
Imperata cylindrica (species),
“Kunai Grass”, “Kura-Kura”, “Alang-Alang”, “Blady Grass”, “Satin Tail”, “Cotton Wool Grass”, “Japanese Bloodgrass”
48
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pontederia Crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes (species),
“Water Hyacinth”, “Common Water Hyacinth”
43
Observations
JAN - DEC
Conradina canescens
SPECIES ·
“False Rosemary”
38
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus (species),
“Bottlenose Dolphin”, “Bottle-Nosed Dophin”, “Common Bottle-Nosed Dolphin”, “Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin”, “Bottle-Nosed Dolphin”, “Cowfish”
44
Observations
JAN - DEC
Six-Lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineata (species)
34
Observations
JAN - DEC
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea (species),
“Leatherback”, “Leatherback Turtle”, “Leathery Turtle”, “Coffin-Back”, “Luth”, “Trunkback Turtle”, “Trunk Turtle”
27
Observations
JAN - DEC
Carolina Anole
Anolis carolinensis (species),
“Green Anole”, “American Anole”, “Red-Throated Anole”
26
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis (species),
“Mississippi Alligator”
26
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla (species)
59,926
Observations
JAN - DEC
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis (species)
58,810
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos (species)
56,812
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
50,280
Observations
JAN - DEC
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias (species)
48,333
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
532
Observations
JAN - DEC
Junonia coenia
SPECIES ·
“Common Buckeye”
32
Observations
JAN - DEC
Erythemis simplicicollis
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Pondhawk”
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Rambur's Forktail
Ischnura ramburii (species)
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
Panoquina ocola
SPECIES ·
“Ocola Skipper”, “Long-Windged Skipper”
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Cladonia evansii
SPECIES
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cenococcum
GENUS
15
Observations
JAN - DEC
Column Stinkhorn
Clathrus columnatus (species)
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Stereum ostrea
SPECIES ·
“False Turkey-Tail”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Schizophyllum commune
SPECIES ·
“Splitgill”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
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