Editing Alabama (section)

=== Flora and fauna ===
{{Main|List of amphibians of Alabama|List of mammals of Alabama|List of reptiles of Alabama|Alabama Champion Tree Program|l4=Trees of Alabama}}
[[File:CahabaRiverNWR1.jpg|thumb|A stand of [[Hymenocallis coronaria|Cahaba lilies]] (''Hymenocallis coronaria'') in the [[Cahaba River]], within the [[Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge]]]]

Alabama is home to a diverse array of [[flora]] and [[fauna]] in habitats that range from the Tennessee Valley, [[Appalachian Plateau]], and [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians]] of the north to the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]], [[Canebrake (region of Alabama)|Canebrake]], and Black Belt of the central region to the [[Gulf Coastal Plain]] and beaches along the Gulf of Mexico in the south. The state is usually ranked among the top in nation for its range of overall [[biodiversity]].<ref name="alawildlife">{{cite book |title=Alabama Wildlife: Volume One |last=Mirarchi |first=Ralph E. |year=2004 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |location=Tuscaloosa, Alabama |isbn=978-0-81735-1304 |pages=1–3, 60}}</ref><ref name="outalawildlife">{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/ |title=Alabama Wildlife and their Conservation Status |website=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015045607/http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/ |archive-date=October 15, 2012}}</ref>

Alabama is in the subtropical coniferous forest biome and once boasted huge expanses of pine forest, which still form the largest proportion of forests in the state.<ref name="alawildlife"/> It currently ranks fifth in the nation for the diversity of its flora. It is home to nearly 4,000 [[pteridophyte]] and [[spermatophyte]] plant species.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floraofalabama.org/ |title=About the Atlas |website=Alabama Plant Atlas |publisher=Alabama Herbarium Consortium and University of West Alabama |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-date=October 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029023054/http://www.floraofalabama.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Native species|Indigenous]] animal species in the state include 62 [[mammal]] [[species]],<ref name="outalamam">{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/mammals |title=Mammals |website=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=May 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525205745/http://www.outdooralabama.com/mammals |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 93 reptile species,<ref name="outalarep">{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/reptiles |title=Reptiles |website=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=May 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525205947/http://www.outdooralabama.com/reptiles |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 73 [[amphibian]] species,<ref name="outalaamphi">{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/Amphibians-0 |title=Amphibians |website=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=May 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525210052/http://www.outdooralabama.com/Amphibians-0 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> roughly 307 native [[freshwater fish]] species,<ref name="alawildlife"/> and 420 bird species that spend at least part of their year within the state.<ref name="outalabird">{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/Birds |title=Birds |website=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=May 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525210156/http://www.outdooralabama.com/Birds |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Invertebrates include 97 [[crayfish]] species and 383 [[mollusk]] species. 113 of these mollusk species have never been collected outside the state.<ref name="outalamollusk">{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/mollusks |title=Alabama Snails and Mussels |website=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=May 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525210608/http://www.outdooralabama.com/mollusks |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="outalacray">{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/crayfish |title=Crayfish |website=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=May 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525210652/http://www.outdooralabama.com/crayfish |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>