Southern Alabama’s Gulf State Park has some of the greatest views, wildlife and greenery. If you want to spot some of these specifically, you should know before you go!
Fauna
Mammals
- Bobcat
- Cottontail Rabbit
- Eastern Gray Squirrel
- Fox Squirrel
- Red Fox
- River Otter
- Virgina Opposum
- White-tailed deer
Reptiles
- American Alligator
- Yellow Bellied Slider (turtle)
- Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle
- Eastern Box Turtle
- Gopher Tortoise
- Common Snapping Turtle
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Cottonmouth Snake (Venomous)
- Pygmy Rattlesnake (Venomous)
- Banded Water Snake
- Black Racer Snake
- Mud Snake
- Southeastern Crown Snake
- Ribbon Snake
- Eastern Fence Lizard
- Green Anole Lizard
Amphibians
- Southern Leopard Frog
- Green Treefrog
- Pine Woods Tree Frog
- Southern Toad
To see photos of these specific species, click here.
Flora
The type of flowers that bloom varies with the months:
January:
- Column Stinkhorn
- Yellow Jessamine
February:
- Bluejacket Spiderwort
- Devil’s Walking Stick
- Red Chokeberry
- Wax Myrtle
- Red Sorel
- Slender Yellow Woodsorrel
March:
- Blue Toadflax
- Buckwheat Titi
- Conradina
- Crowpoison
- Fetterbush
- Florida Hedgenettle
- Moss Verbena
- Sweet Olive
- Primrose-leaved Violet
April:
- Beach Sunflower
- Common Lantana
- Cutleaf Evening Primrose
- Spanish Bayonet Yucca
- Sparkleberry
- Texas Vervain
- White Prickly Poppy
- White-topped Sedge
- Yaupon Holly
- Lesser Centaury
May:
- Cherokee Bean
- Grasspink
- Indian Blanket
- Lilac Chaste Tree
- Pickerelweed
- Prickly Pear Cactus
- Savannah Meadowbeauty
- Spring Lady’s Tresses
- Stinging Nettle
- Yellow Colicroot
June:
- Arrowhead
- Beach Morning Glory
- Four Petal St. Johnswort
- Hairy Meadow Beauty
- Saltmarsh Mallow
- Saltmarsh Morning Glory
July:
- Butterfly Pea
- Cuban Jute
- Scarlet Rosemallow
- Swamp Rosemallow
August:
- American Beautyberry
- Partridge Pea
- Scarlet Calamint
- Showy Rattlebox
- Trailing Fuzzy Bean
September:
- Beach False Foxglove
- Blazing Star
- Dog’s Tongue
- Goldenrod
- Hairypod Cowpea
- Smooth Yellow False Foxglove
- Whitemouth Dayflower
October:
- Blackjack
- Blue Curls
- Tickseed
November:
- Scarlet Calamint
December:
- Groundsel
- Yaupon Holly
To see photos of each of these flowers, click here
