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.
- Inland RushJuncus interior
- Swamp RushJuncus paludosus
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Cyperus cuspidatusCyperus cuspidatus
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Cyperus ochraceusCyperus ochraceus
- Georgia BulrushScirpus georgianus
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Inflated Scale FlatsedgeCyperus aggregatus
- Keeled BulrushIsolepis carinata
- Little BarleyHordeum pusillum
- Low SpikesedgeCyperus hortensis
- New England BulrushBolboschoenus novae-angliae
- Ozark Meadow BeautyRhexia interior
- Royal FlatsedgeCyperus elegans
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Forked RushJuncus dichotomus
- Indigofera miniataIndigofera miniata
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Long's RushJuncus longii
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Path RushJuncus tenuis
- Poverty RushJuncus anthelatus
- Redpod RushJuncus trigonocarpus
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Whiteroot RushJuncus brachycarpus
- Coastal BristlegrassSetaria corrugata
- Eastern Prairie MarbleseedLithospermum parviflorum
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Maryland Meadow Beauty; Pale Meadow BeautyRhexia mariana var. mariana
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Rhexia mariana var. exalbidaRhexia mariana var. exalbida
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Shortstalk ChickweedCerastium brachypodum
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
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.