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.
- Sulphur CinquefoilPotentilla recta
- Summer-cypressBassia scoparia
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Sunn HempCrotalaria juncea
- Sweet AlyssumLobularia maritima
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatas
- Sweet TangleheadHeteropogon melanocarpus
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Sweet William CatchflyAtocion armeria
- Sweet WormwoodArtemisia annua
- TabaquilloErigeron sumatrensis
- Tagetes lucidaTagetes lucida
- Tahitian BridalveilGibasis pellucida
- Tall False HawksbeardYoungia thunbergiana
- Tall FescueLolium arundinaceum
- Texas CrotonCroton texensis
- Texas GeraniumGeranium texanum
- Texas Signal-grassUrochloa texana
- Three Spike Goose GrassEleusine tristachya
- Thunberg's LespedezaLespedeza thunbergii
- Thunberg's MeadowsweetSpiraea thunbergii
- Tiger LilyLilium lancifolium
- Tiny VetchVicia hirsuta
- Tithonia rotundifoliaTithonia rotundifolia
- Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha
- Trachelospermum jasminoidesTrachelospermum jasminoides
- Tropical FanpetalsSida urens
- Tropical Mexican-cloverRichardia brasiliensis
- Trumpet LilyLilium longiflorum
- Tumble MustardSisymbrium altissimum
- Tumbling OrachAtriplex rosea
- Turkey BerrySolanum torvum
- Umbrella PlantCyperus involucratus
- Urochloa plantagineaUrochloa plantaginea
- Uruguayan VervainVerbena montevidensis
- Variable FlatsedgeCyperus difformis
- Veiny PeppergrassLepidium oblongum
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti
- Venus'-combScandix pecten-veneris
- Wall BedstrawGalium anglicum
- Wall BedstrawGalium divaricatum
- Wand River HempSesbania virgata
- Water-grassBulbostylis barbata
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatus
- Wattle SignalgrassUrochloa piligera
- Wedge Leaf DockRumex cuneifolius
- Weedy Dog FennelCladanthus mixtus
- Weeping LovegrassEragrostis curvula
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.






























































































