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.

Lace Flower
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mock Bishopweed
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Ten-petal Anemone
Anemone berlandieri
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Pennyroyal
Hedeoma pulegioides
Wildflower or fern. Native
Beaked Cornsalad
Valerianella radiata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Rose-pink
Sabatia angularis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Ovate Leaf False Fiddleleaf
Hydrolea ovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Rough False Pennyroyal
Hedeoma hispida
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sabatia bartramii
Sabatia decandra
Native
Waterpod
Hydrolea quadrivalvis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Redroot
Lachnanthes caroliniana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Clasping Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Climbing Dogbane
Thyrsanthella difformis
Vine. Native
Little Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Nodding Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes cernua
Wildflower or fern. Native
Oblong-fruit Pinweed
Lechea racemulosa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Southern Slender Ladies Tresses
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Spring Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes vernalis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Thyme-leaf Pinweed
Lechea minor
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Buttonweed
Diodia virginiana
Shrub. Native
Wedgeleaf Draba
Tomostima cuneifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Agrimonia incisa
Agrimonia incisa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Navel Cornsalad
Valerianella umbilicata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Scarlet Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea
Shrub. Native
Carolina Bristle-mallow
Modiola caroliniana
Shrub. Native
Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
Grass or sedge. Native
Small Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis biflora
Wildflower or fern. Native
Spoonleaf Sundew
Drosera intermedia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Spring Avens
Geum vernum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Woolly Dutchman's-pipe
Isotrema tomentosum
Vine. Native
American Cupscale
Sacciolepis striata
Grass or sedge. Native
Churchmouse Three-awn
Aristida dichotoma
Grass or sedge. Native
Curtiss's Three-awn
Aristida curtissii
Grass or sedge. Native
Large Solomons Seal; King Solomons Seal
Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Northeastern Slimspike Three-Awn
Aristida geniculata
Grass or sedge. Native
Pink Redstem
Ammannia latifolia
Shrub. Native
Prairie Three-awn
Aristida oligantha
Grass or sedge. Native
Seaside Three-awn
Aristida tuberculosa
Grass or sedge. Native
Southeastern Slimspike Three-awn
Aristida longespica
Grass or sedge. Native
Woollysheath Three-awn
Aristida lanosa
Grass or sedge. Native
Eastern Purple Bladderwort
Utricularia purpurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Floating Bladderwort
Utricularia radiata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Green Carpetweed
Mollugo verticillata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Humped Bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Wildflower or fern. Native
Meadow Spikemoss
Selaginella apoda
Wildflower or fern. Native
Striped Bladderwort
Utricularia striata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Swollen Bladderwort
Utricularia inflata
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.