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.
- Western BitterweedHymenoxys odorata
- White AmaranthAmaranthus albus
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- White Ramping FumitoryFumaria capreolata
- White SweetcloverMelilotus albus
- White-edge Morning-gloryIpomoea nil
- Whiteflowered PetuniaPetunia axillaris
- Whitewoolly twintipStemodia durantifolia
- Wild LeekAllium ampeloprasum
- Wild OatsAvena fatua
- Willowleaf LettuceLactuca saligna
- Windowbox WoodsorrelOxalis articulata
- Wing Stem CamphorweedPluchea sagittalis
- Woodland BittercressCardamine occulta
- Woolly FimbryFimbristylis tomentosa
- Wormseed WallflowerErysimum cheiranthoides
- WoundwortStachys palustris
- Yellow AlyssumAlyssum alyssoides
- Yellow BristlegrassSetaria pumila
- Yellow Rocket-cressBarbarea vulgaris
- Yellow SalsifyTragopogon dubius
- Yellow SweetcloverMelilotus officinalis
- Yellow Upright MignonetteReseda lutea
- Yellow VetchlingLathyrus aphaca
- Zephyranthes grandifloraZephyranthes minuta
- Ziziphus zizyphusZiziphus jujuba
- Allium neapolitanumAllium neapolitanum
- AromaDichrostachys cinerea
- Asiatic DayflowerCommelina communis
- Beach Creeping OxeyePascalia glauca
- Bearded SprangletopDiplachne fascicularis
- BeautybushKolkwitzia amabilis
- Birdseed LeafPhyllanthus evanescens
- Black JetbeadRhodotypos scandens
- Blue PorterweedStachytarpheta jamaicensis
- Brazilian VervainVerbena brasiliensis
- Brown's DockRumex brownii
- Bull ThistleCirsium vulgare
- BushkillerCausonis japonica
- Button MedickMedicago orbicularis
- Calloose GrapeVitis shuttleworthii
- Chamaesyce ophthalmicaEuphorbia ophthalmica
- Chameleon-plantHouttuynia cordata
- Chinese ChivesAllium tuberosum
- Chinese ElmUlmus parvifolia
- Chinese Firethorn; Chinese Fire ThornPyracantha fortuneana
- Cockroach-berrySolanum capsicoides
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.















































