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.
- Large-bracted PlantainPlantago aristata
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Slender PlantainPlantago heterophylla
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Common CinquefoilPotentilla simplex
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Lloyd's St. John's-wortHypericum lloydii
- Mimosa strigillosaMimosa strigillosa
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Spotted St. John's-wortHypericum punctatum
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Floating Water PrimroseLudwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens
- Large Flower Coreopsis; Large Flowered Coreopsis; Largeflower Coreopsis; Largeflowered Coreopsis; Large Flower Tick Seed; Large Flowered Tick Seed; Largeflower Tick Seed; Largeflowered Tick Seed; Large Flower Tickseed; Large Flowered Tickseed; Largeflower Tickseed; Largeflowered TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora var. harveyana
- Meadow GarlicAllium canadense
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Hyssop SpurgeEuphorbia hyssopifolia
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca rigida
- Mexican FireplantEuphorbia heterophylla
- Nodding SpurgeEuphorbia nutans
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Pillpod SandmatEuphorbia hirta
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Savanna SneezeweedHelenium vernale
- Seashore CrowngrassPaspalum vaginatum
- Southeastern SneezeweedHelenium pinnatifidum
- Spotted SpurgeEuphorbia maculata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 117
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
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.