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.
- Torpedo GrassPanicum repens
- Chamber-bitterEmblica urinaria
- ChinaberryMelia azedarach
- Giant ReedArundo donax
- Mulberry-weedFatoua villosa
- Vasey-grassPaspalum urvillei
- CogongrassImperata cylindrica
- Common LantanaLantana strigocamara
- Common PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Japanese Climbing FernLygodium japonicum
- Japanese Virgin's-bowerClematis terniflora
- Johnson GrassSorghum halepense
- Tropical Soda-appleSolanum viarum
- Bradford PearPyrus calleryana
- Glossy PrivetLigustrum lucidum
- Japanese PrivetLigustrum japonicum
- KudzuPueraria montana var. lobata
- MimosaAlbizia julibrissin
- Camphor-treeCamphora officinarum
- Cherokee RoseRosa laevigata
- Pampas GrassCortaderia selloana
- TaroColocasia esculenta
- Chinese Parasol-treeFirmiana simplex
- Bigleaf PeriwinkleVinca major
- Common Water-hyacinthOshuna crassipes
- Winter HoneysuckleLonicera fragrantissima
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellata
- Bicolor LespedezaLespedeza bicolor
- English IvyHedera helix
- Japanese Stilt-grassMicrostegium vimineum
- Princess-treePaulownia tomentosa
- Sericea LespedezaLespedeza cuneata
- Tree-of-heavenAilanthus altissima
- Scarlet Wisteria-treeSesbania punicea
- Tung-oil TreeVernicia fordii
- Amur HoneysuckleLonicera maackii
- Golden BambooPhyllostachys aurea
- Oxycaryum cubenseCyperus blepharoleptos
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
- Oriental BittersweetCelastrus orbiculatus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Trifoliate OrangeCitrus trifoliata
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
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.
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
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.











































































































