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.
- Button RushCyperus leptocarpus
- Caley PeaLathyrus hirsutus
- California PoppyEschscholzia californica
- California PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
- Calloose GrapeVitis shuttleworthii
- Canada BluegrassPoa compressa
- Carolina DayflowerCommelina caroliniana
- Carolina Prairie-trefoilAcmispon helleri
- Carpet-bugleAjuga reptans
- Carthamus tinctoriusCarthamus tinctorius
- Castor-beanRicinus communis
- CatnipNepeta cataria
- Ceasar WeedUrena lobata
- CeleryApium graveolens
- Centaurea melitensisCentaurea melitensis
- Centipede GrassEremochloa ophiuroides
- Ceylon SpinachBasella alba
- Chamaesyce ophthalmicaEuphorbia ophthalmica
- Chameleon-plantHouttuynia cordata
- ChamomileMatricaria chamomilla
- Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
- Chaste-treeVitex agnus-castus
- Cheat-grassBromus tectorum
- Cherry SilverberryElaeagnus multiflora
- Chevreul's Sharp Lawn-weedChevreulia acuminata
- Chick PeaCicer arietinum
- Chicken-spikeSphenoclea zeylanica
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Childing PinkPetrorhagia prolifera
- Chinese Chaste TreeVitex negundo
- Chinese ChivesAllium tuberosum
- Chinese ElmUlmus parvifolia
- Chinese Firethorn; Chinese Fire ThornPyracantha fortuneana
- Chinese Flame TreeKoelreuteria bipinnata
- Chinese Silver-grassMiscanthus sinensis
- Chinese YamDioscorea polystachya
- Chocolate-weedMelochia corchorifolia
- Chufa Flat Sedge; Earth AlmondCyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus
- Citron MelonCitrullus amarus
- Citron Zephyr LilyZephyranthes citrina
- Clammy Goosefoot; Clammy Goose FootDysphania pumilio
- Clasping HeliotropeHeliotropium amplexicaule
- Clerodendrum indicumClerodendrum indicum
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- CoatbuttonsTridax procumbens
- Cockroach-berrySolanum capsicoides
- Coffee SennaSenna occidentalis
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 117
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
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.