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.
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Sandhill Golden-asterPityopsis pinifolia
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Soft Golden-asterBradburia pilosa
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Tooth Leaf Croton; Sand CrotonCroton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Woolly CrotonCroton capitatus
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Cutleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis angulata
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
- Heartleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis cordata
- Long Leaf Ground CherryPhysalis longifolia var. subglabrata
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Red Seed PlantainPlantago rhodosperma
- Small's BeardtonguePenstemon smallii
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Virginia Ground-cherryPhysalis virginiana
- Large Spotted St. JohnswortHypericum pseudomaculatum
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Dwarf CinquefoilPotentilla canadensis
- Five Lobe St. JohnswortHypericum lobocarpum
- Golden St. John's-wortHypericum frondosum
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Leavenworth's TickseedCoreopsis leavenworthii
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Blue CrowngrassPaspalum caespitosum
- Boyntons Locust; Bristly Locust; Rose Acacia; Rose LocustRobinia hispida var. hispida
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Matted CrowngrassPaspalum minus
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Sour CrowngrassPaspalum conjugatum
- Blackseed PlantainPlantago rugelii
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- Dwarf PlantainPlantago pusilla
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 117
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Near water in this habitat 35
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.