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.
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Deceptive MarbleseedLithospermum decipiens
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Ozark CalamintClinopodium glabellum
- Ozark MarbleseedLithospermum subsetosum
- Tennessee MarbleseedLithospermum molle
- Tapertip FlatsedgeCyperus acuminatus
- Stiletto BeaksedgeRhynchospora stiletto
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Thorne's BeaksedgeRhynchospora thornei
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Hairy Mock-orangePhiladelphus hirsutus
- Cedar Glade Spike RushEleocharis bifida
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia lanceolata
- Snowy Black AnthersMelanthera nivea
- Drummonds DropseedSporobolus compositus var. drummondii
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Kunth's Maiden-fernPelazoneuron kunthii
- Puff Sheath DropseedSporobolus neglectus
- Composite DropseedSporobolus compositus var. compositus
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Nashville BreadrootPediomelum subacaule
- American Smoke TreeCotinus obovatus
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Large Stem AlumrootHeuchera macrorhiza
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Rock MuhlyMuhlenbergia sobolifera
- Spreading RockcressArabis patens
- Upland Swamp PrivetForestiera ligustrina
- Carolina AnemoneAnemone caroliniana
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Branched DrabaDraba ramosissima
- White Ladys SlipperCypripedium candidum
- Great Plains Ladies TressesSpiranthes magnicamporum
- Wedgeleaf DrabaTomostima cuneifolia
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Rock SpikemossBryodesma rupestre
- Selaginella ludovicianaSelaginella ludoviciana
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
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.



























































