Habitat in Alabama
Granite and other acidic rock outcrops
Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes. Schafale
- Plants
- 71
- Birds
- 73
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Confederate DaisyHelianthus porteri
- Longleaf SunflowerHelianthus longifolius
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Ozark ChinquapinCastanea ozarkensis
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Little Prickly-pearOpuntia drummondii
- Lloyd's St. John's-wortHypericum lloydii
- Large Flower Coreopsis; Large Flowered Coreopsis; Largeflower Coreopsis; Largeflowered Coreopsis; Large Flower Tick Seed; Large Flowered Tick Seed; Largeflower Tick Seed; Largeflowered Tick Seed; Large Flower Tickseed; Large Flowered Tickseed; Largeflower Tickseed; Largeflowered TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
- Smallhead Blazing-starLiatris microcephala
- Hairy SpiderwortTradescantia hirsuticaulis
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Elf OrpineDiamorpha smallii
- Granite StonecropSedum pusillum
- Phacelia dubia var. georgianaPhacelia dubia var. georgiana
- Harpers DodderCuscuta harperi
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Spotted PhaceliaPhacelia maculata
- Gulf Coast Lateral BulrushIsolepis pseudosetacea
- Keeled BulrushIsolepis carinata
- Georgia RushJuncus georgianus
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Granite FlatsedgeCyperus granitophilus
- Rhynchospora saxicolaRhynchospora saxicola
- Rock House Meadow RueThalictrum mirabile
- Stone Mountain-mintPycnanthemum curvipes
- Round Leaf Fire PinkSilene rotundifolia
- Texas ToadflaxLinaria texana
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Bog OatgrassDanthonia epilis
- Narrowleaf BluecurlsTrichostema setaceum
- Hairy AlumrootHeuchera villosa
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
- Branched DrabaDraba ramosissima
- Piedmont False-pimpernelLindernia monticola
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Shortpod DrabaAbdra brachycarpa
- Rock SpikemossBryodesma rupestre
- Sand SpikemossBryodesma arenicola
- Selaginella arenicola subsp. riddelliiBryodesma corallinum
- Bradley's SpleenwortAsplenium bradleyi
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Lobed SpleenwortAsplenium pinnatifidum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 64
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 9
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, 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)
- Solution pits, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.