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.
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Common Threeseed MercuryAcalypha rhomboidea
- Cutleaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum pinnatum
- Ivy leaf ThoroughwortChromolaena ivifolia
- Largeseed Forget-me-notMyosotis macrosperma
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- Pineland Threeseed MercuryAcalypha ostryifolia
- Sleepy CatchflySilene antirrhina
- Slender Threeseed MercuryAcalypha gracilens
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Spring Forget-me-notMyosotis verna
- Squirrel-tail FescueFestuca sciurea
- Texas ToadflaxLinaria texana
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Virginia Threeseed MercuryAcalypha virginica
- Azure BluetHoustonia caerulea
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Blue Ridge Golden-bannerThermopsis villosa
- Capitate Spike Rush; Capitate SpikerushEleocharis geniculata
- Eleocharis montanaEleocharis montana
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium marianum
- Rattlesnake HawkweedHieracium venosum
- Rose BluetHoustonia rosea
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Horsetail SpikerushEleocharis equisetoides
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Bigtop LovegrassEragrostis hirsuta
- Lace LovegrassEragrostis capillaris
- Plains LovegrassEragrostis intermedia
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Tufted or Desert Love GrassEragrostis pectinacea
- Canada FrostweedCrocanthemum canadense
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Drummonds DropseedSporobolus compositus var. drummondii
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Kunth's Maiden-fernPelazoneuron kunthii
- Rosemary FrostweedCrocanthemum rosmarinifolium
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 117
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
Near water in this habitat 35
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.