Habitat in Alabama

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale

Plants: 1485
Birds: 152

Plants

Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.

Virginia Meadow-beauty
Rhexia virginica
Wildflower or fern. Native
West Indian Meadow-beauty
Rhexia cubensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
Grass or sedge. Native
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Shrub. Native
Annual Marsh-elder
Iva annua
Wildflower or fern. Native
Baldwins Flat Sedge
Cyperus croceus
Grass or sedge. Native
Erect Spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
Wildflower or fern. Native
Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
Grass or sedge. Native
Fragrant Spikesedge
Cyperus sesquiflorus
Grass or sedge. Native
Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
Grass or sedge. Native
Green Flatsedge
Cyperus virens
Grass or sedge. Native
Greenhead Flatsedge
Cyperus brevifolius
Grass or sedge. Native
Honeyvine
Cynanchum laeve
Vine. Native
Le Conte's Flatsedge
Cyperus lecontei
Grass or sedge. Native
Many-spike Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
Grass or sedge. Native
Manyflower Flatsedge
Cyperus lancastriensis
Grass or sedge. Native
Marsh Flatsedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus
Grass or sedge. Native
Plukenet's Flatsedge
Cyperus plukenetii
Grass or sedge. Native
Poorland Flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
Grass or sedge. Native
Redroot Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Grass or sedge. Native
Rough Flatsedge
Cyperus retrofractus
Grass or sedge. Native
Sheathed Flatsedge
Cyperus haspan
Grass or sedge. Native
Slender Flatsedge
Cyperus bipartitus
Grass or sedge. Native
Southeastern Flatsedge
Cyperus filiculmis
Grass or sedge. Native
Spotted Pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher
Wildflower or fern. Native
Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
Grass or sedge. Native
Yellow Flatsedge
Cyperus flavescens
Grass or sedge. Native
Narrow Plumegrass
Erianthus strictus
Grass or sedge. Native
Saccharum coarctatum
Erianthus coarctatus
Grass or sedge. Native
Short Bearded Plume Grass; Short Beard Plume Grass; Shortbearded Plume Grass; Shortbeard Plume Grass; Short Bearded Plumegrass; Short Beard Plumegrass; Shortbearded Plumegrass; Shortbeard Plumegrass
Erianthus brevibarbis
Grass or sedge. Native
Silver Plumegrass
Erianthus alopecuroides
Grass or sedge. Native
Sugarcane Plumegrass
Erianthus giganteus
Grass or sedge. Native
Hairy Wild-petunia
Ruellia humilis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sharpwing Monkey-flower
Mimulus alatus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Wild-petunia
Ruellia strepens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Broadfruit Horned Beaksedge
Rhynchospora careyana
Grass or sedge. Native
Cymose Beaksedge
Rhynchospora recognita
Grass or sedge. Native
Elliott's Beaksedge
Rhynchospora elliottii
Grass or sedge. Native
Fairy Beaksedge
Rhynchospora pusilla
Grass or sedge. Native
Fascicled Beaksedge
Rhynchospora fascicularis
Grass or sedge. Native
Globe Beaksedge
Rhynchospora globularis
Grass or sedge. Native
Loosehead Beaksedge
Rhynchospora chalarocephala
Grass or sedge. Native
Shortbeak Beaksedge
Rhynchospora nitens
Grass or sedge. Native
Starrush Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata
Grass or sedge. Native
Thorne's Beaksedge
Rhynchospora thornei
Grass or sedge. Native
Poorjoe
Hexasepalum teres
Wildflower or fern. Native
Big Carpetgrass
Axonopus furcatus
Grass or sedge. Native
Canada Toadflax
Linaria canadensis
Wildflower or fern. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 117

Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Thayer's Gull
Larus thayeri
Winter
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Year-round
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Summer
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Year-round
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Winter
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Winter
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Year-round
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Year-round
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Winter
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Winter
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Winter
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Winter
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Summer
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Summer

Near water in this habitat 35

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Winter, only within 500 m of water
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Winter, only within 30 m of water
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Summer, only within 2,000 m of water
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Summer, only within 1,000 m of water
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Year-round, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Winter, only within 30 m of water
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Year-round, only within 60 m of water
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Winter, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Sora
Porzana carolina
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Summer, only within 500 m of water
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Year-round, only within 4,000 m of water
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Year-round, only within 500 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.