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.
- Petticoat DaffodilNarcissus bulbocodium
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Petunia integrifoliaPetunia integrifolia
- Philippine LilyLilium philippinense
- Piedmont BedstrawGalium pedemontanum
- Pink SmartweedPersicaria bicornis
- Pink WoodsorrelOxalis debilis
- Pitted Beard GrassBothriochloa pertusa
- Poiret's CopperleafAcalypha poiretii
- Poverty BromeBromus sterilis
- Prairie ButtercupRanunculus platensis
- Prickly CloverTrifolium echinatum
- Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
- Prince's-featherPersicaria orientalis
- Prostrate SpurgeEuphorbia prostrata
- Purple Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Purple NutsedgeCyperus rotundus
- Purpletop VervainVerbena incompta
- Rabbitfoot CloverTrifolium arvense
- RamtillaGuizotia abyssinica
- Ranunculus trilobusRanunculus trilobus
- RapeseedBrassica napus
- Rat's-tail FescueFestuca myuros
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Red Flax ;Flowering FlaxLinum grandiflorum
- Red Star ThistleCentaurea calcitrapa
- Red Vein DockRumex sanguineus
- Red-seeded DandelionTaraxacum erythrospermum
- Redstem Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Redtop BentgrassAgrostis gigantea
- Reeves' SpiraeaSpiraea cantoniensis
- Rescue GrassBromus catharticus
- Reversed CloverTrifolium resupinatum
- RhodesgrassChloris gayana
- Rocket LarkspurDelphinium ajacis
- Rose CampionLychnis coronaria
- Rough Mexican-cloverRichardia scabra
- Rough SprangletopDinebra scabra
- Roundleaf ThoroughwaxBupleurum rotundifolium
- Russian VineFallopia baldschuanica
- Rye BromeBromus secalinus
- Sacred DaturaDatura wrightii
- Salmon TasselflowerEmilia fosbergii
- Scarlet MilkweedAsclepias curassavica
- Scarlet PimpernelAnagallis arvensis
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- Scribner's GrassDeschampsia bolanderi
- Senna corymbosaSenna corymbosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 85
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Near water in this habitat 32
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
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- SoraPorzana carolina
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (35)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- 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
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- 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.




































































































