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.
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Eggerts SunflowerHelianthus eggertii
- Cahaba FleabaneErigeron dolomiticola
- Erigeron strigosus var. calcicolaErigeron allisonii
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Long Flower BeeblossomOenothera filiformis
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Glade VioletViola egglestonii
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Limerock Arrow WoodViburnum bracteatum
- Viburnum obovatumViburnum obovatum
- Alabama CrotonCroton alabamensis var. alabamensis
- Crataegus trifloraCrataegus triflora
- Croton capitatus var. lindheimeriCroton lindheimeri
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Glade Orange Cone FlowerRudbeckia tenax
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Slender Flower Beard TonguePenstemon tenuiflorus
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Solanum pumilumSolanum pumilum
- Cahaba Prairie CloverDalea cahaba
- Cedar Glade Prairie CloverDalea foliosa
- Gattingers Prairie CloverDalea gattingeri
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- White Prairie CloverDalea candida
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia cespitosa
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Tennessee Ground PlumAstragalus tennesseensis
- Long-sepal BeardtonguePenstemon calycosus
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Barren St. JohnswortHypericum sphaerocarpum
- Glade St. JohnswortHypericum dolabriforme
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Cream Tick-trefoilDesmodium ochroleucum
- Heartleaf PlantainPlantago cordata
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
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.







































































