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 0
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.













































