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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 1485
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Five-stamen ChickweedCerastium semidecandrum
- Flaveria bidentisFlaveria bidentis
- Floss-flowerAgeratum houstonianum
- Flower-of-an-hourHibiscus trionum
- Fools ParsleyAethusa cynapium
- Formosa FirethornPyracantha koidzumii
- Four spike finger grassEustachys neglecta
- Foxtail CopperleafAcalypha alopecuroidea
- Foxtail MilletSetaria italica
- Fragrant False GarlicNothoscordum gracile
- Fringed QuickweedGalinsoga quadriradiata
- Garden AsparagusAsparagus officinalis
- Garden CosmosCosmos bipinnatus
- Garden TulipTulipa gesneriana
- German IrisIris germanica
- Giant Parramatta GrassSporobolus fertilis
- Giant Ratstail GrassSporobolus pyramidalis
- Globe AmaranthGomphrena globosa
- Gloriosa LilyGloriosa superba
- Goat GrassAegilops cylindrica
- Golden CrownbeardVerbesina encelioides
- Golden Rain-treeKoelreuteria paniculata
- Golden-mane TickseedCoreopsis basalis
- Grassleaf SpurgeEuphorbia graminea
- Gray ChickweedCerastium brachypetalum
- Gray Field-speedwellVeronica polita
- Greater BurdockArctium lappa
- Greater SwinecressLepidium coronopus
- Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis
- Green FoxtailSetaria viridis var. viridis
- Guinea MilletUrochloa deflexa
- Gulf Leaf FlowerMoeroris fraterna
- Habranthus tubispathusZephyranthes tubispatha
- Hairy BeggarticksBidens alba
- Hairy BittercressCardamine hirsuta
- Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous
- Hairy Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Hairy Cluster-vineJacquemontia tamnifolia
- Hairy FleabaneErigeron bonariensis
- Hairy IndigoIndigofera hirsuta
- Hardy Swamp-lilyCrinum bulbispermum
- Hare's-ear MustardConringia orientalis
- Hare's-tail GrassLagurus ovatus
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Herb SophiaDescurainia sophia
- High MallowMalva sylvestris
- HollyhockAlcea rosea
- Hyptis mutabilisCantinoa mutabilis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 75
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Near water in this habitat 31
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (46)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- Old-Salem-fields-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.













































































