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.
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Blackstem SpleenwortAsplenium resiliens
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Single-sorus SpleenwortAsplenium monanthes
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Walking FernAsplenium rhizophyllum
- Alabama Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium calciphilum
- Bumpy Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium pruinosum
- Cedarglade Rock PinkPhemeranthus calcaricus
- Marl SpleenwortAsplenium heteroresiliens
- Prairie BroomweedAmphiachyris dracunculoides
- Smooth Cumberland Wood MintBlephilia subnuda
- Coosa Barbaras ButtonsMarshallia mohrii
- Heliotropium tenellumEuploca tenella
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Michauxs Glade CressLeavenworthia uniflora
- Necklace Glade CressLeavenworthia torulosa
- Western DaisyAstranthium integrifolium
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Limestone QuillwortIsoetes butleri
- Michaux's Rock SandwortSabulina michauxii
- Seepage StarwortSabulina fontinalis
- Bulblet Bladder FernCystopteris bulbifera
- Limestone Adders TongueOphioglossum engelmannii
- Purple-stem CliffbrakePellaea atropurpurea
- Tennessee Bladder FernCystopteris tennesseensis
- Three-flower MelicgrassMelica nitens
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Yellow SunnybellSchoenolirion croceum
- Alabama LipfernMyriopteris alabamensis
- Duck River BladderpodPaysonia densipila
- Eastern YampahPerideridia americana
- Limestone Hedge HyssopGratiola quartermaniae
- Lyre Leaf BladderpodPaysonia lyrata
- Southwestern Cloak FernAstrolepis integerrima
- Virginia NailwortParonychia virginica
- Woolly LipfernMyriopteris tomentosa
- Blackberry-lilyIris domestica
- Button MedickMedicago orbicularis
- Gray VervainVerbena canescens
- Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 79
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
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.










































































