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.
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Texas SedgeCarex texensis
- Twin-Flowered BindweedConvolvulus fraterniflorus
- Common Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis stricta
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Florida Hedge-nettleStachys floridana
- Indian-hempApocynum cannabinum
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
- Ohio SpiderwortTradescantia ohiensis
- Pursh's RattleboxCrotalaria purshii
- Slender Blue IrisIris prismatica
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Narrowleaf GumweedGrindelia lanceolata
- Slender Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis dillenii
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Digitaria serotinaDigitaria serotina
- Fraser's LoosestrifeLysimachia fraseri
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon hirsutior
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Weakleaf YuccaYucca flaccida
- Cenchrus myosuroidesCenchrus myosuroides
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalisGaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Hidden-flower WitchgrassDichanthelium cryptanthum
- MaidencaneHymenachne hemitomon
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Pink Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles umbellata
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- Stalked PanicgrassColeataenia stipitata
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Warty PanicgrassKellochloa verrucosa
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Desert GoosefootChenopodium pratericola
- Hairy CrabgrassDigitaria sanguinalis
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.