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.

Warty Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Yellow Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Spikenard
Aralia racemosa
Shrub. Native
Anglestem Primrose-willow
Ludwigia leptocarpa
Shrub. Native
Annual Sand Bean; Trailing Fuzzy Bean; Amberique Bean; Annual Sandbean; Trailing Fuzzybean
Sesbania drummondii
Native
Bushy Seedbox
Ludwigia alternifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Creeping Seedbox
Ludwigia repens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cylindric-fruit Seedbox
Ludwigia glandulosa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Dwarf Hackberry
Celtis tenuifolia
Tree. Native
Eastern Fox Sedge
Carex triangularis
Grass or sedge. Native
Globefruit Seedbox
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hairy Seedbox
Ludwigia pilosa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hammock Sedge
Carex fissa var. aristata
Native
Little Tooth Sedge
Carex microdonta
Native
Littleleaf Sensitive-briar
Mimosa microphylla
Vine. Native
Marsh Seedbox
Ludwigia palustris
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mexican Primrose-willow
Ludwigia octovalvis
Shrub. Native
Smallfruit Seedbox
Ludwigia microcarpa
Wildflower or fern. Native
South American Seedbox
Ludwigia bonariensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Wingleaf Primrose-willow
Ludwigia decurrens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Chapman's Bluegrass
Poa chapmaniana
Grass or sedge. Native
Low Rattlebox
Crotalaria maritima
Native
Northern Blazing-star
Liatris scariosa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
Shrub. Native
Southern Winged Loosestrife
Lythrum lanceolatum
Shrub. Native
Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
Grass or sedge. Native
Bagpod
Sesbania vesicaria
Shrub. Native
Bigpodded Sesbania
Sesbania herbacea
Shrub. Native
Chapman's Arrowhead
Sagittaria chapmanii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Delta Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Wildflower or fern. Native
Scarlet Sage; Blood Sage
Salvia coccinea
Native
Tradescantia pallida
Tradescantia pallida
Native
Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia
Tree. Native
Bristly Sedge
Carex comosa
Grass or sedge. Native
Bush's Sedge
Carex bushii
Grass or sedge. Native
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Grass or sedge. Native
Frank's Sedge
Carex frankii
Grass or sedge. Native
Greenish-white Sedge
Carex albolutescens
Grass or sedge. Native
Heavy Sedge
Carex gravida
Grass or sedge. Native
Kidney-shape Sedge
Carex reniformis
Grass or sedge. Native
Longs Sedge
Carex longii
Grass or sedge. Native
Low Rattlebox
Crotalaria rotundifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Parasol Sedge
Carex umbellata
Grass or sedge. Native
Prairie False Foxglove
Agalinis heterophylla
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
Grass or sedge. Native
Southern Sedge
Carex austrina
Grass or sedge. Native
Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit Sedge
Carex stipata var. maxima
Grass or sedge. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 117

Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Thayer's Gull
Larus thayeri
Winter
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Year-round
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Summer
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Year-round
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Winter
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Winter
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Year-round
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Year-round
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Winter
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Winter
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Winter
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Winter
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Summer
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Summer

Near water in this habitat 35

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Winter, only within 500 m of water
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Winter, only within 30 m of water
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Summer, only within 2,000 m of water
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Summer, only within 1,000 m of water
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Year-round, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Winter, only within 30 m of water
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Year-round, only within 60 m of water
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Winter, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Sora
Porzana carolina
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Summer, only within 500 m of water
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Year-round, only within 4,000 m of water
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Year-round, only within 500 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.