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
- 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.