Habitat in Alabama
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades. Schafale
- Plants
- 191
- Birds
- 89

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Crawes SedgeCarex crawei
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Little Tooth SedgeCarex microdonta
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Troublesome SedgeCarex molesta
- Barrelhead Blazing StarLiatris cylindracea
- Cahaba Blazing StarLiatris oligocephala
- Harpers Wild BuckwheatEriogonum harperi
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Pink PurslanePortulaca pilosa
- Chapman's Nettle Leaf SageSalvia chapmanii
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Parasol SedgeCarex umbellata
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Blackbelt RosinweedSilphium confertifolium
- Compass PlantSilphium laciniatum
- Cumberland RosinweedSilphium brachiatum
- Delphinium alabamicumDelphinium alabamicum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Narrowleaf GumweedGrindelia lanceolata
- Nettleleaf SageSalvia urticifolia
- Old Cahaba RosinweedSilphium perplexum
- Sticky RosinweedSilphium glutinosum
- Tansy RosinweedSilphium pinnatifidum
- WidowscrossSedum pulchellum
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Soft Leaf Witch GrassDichanthelium malacophyllum
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Glandular Dodder; Peruvian DodderCuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Phlox floridanaPhlox floridana
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Barbed Rattlesnake RootNabalus barbatus
- Rough Rattlesnake RootNabalus asper
- Ringseed RushJuncus filipendulus
- Cahaba PaintbrushCastilleja kraliana
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria leonardii
- Spreading Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria patula
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 79
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- 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
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 10
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- 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)
- Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa 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.
































































