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.
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Mexican PlumPrunus mexicana
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Bushy GoldentopEuthamia leptocephala
- Paleleaf SunflowerHelianthus strumosus
- Rough GoldentopEuthamia scabra
- Black RaspberryRubus occidentalis
- Yaupon HollyIlex vomitoria
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Purpledisk SunflowerHelianthus atrorubens
- Resindot SunflowerHelianthus resinosus
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Dwarf HorseweedErigeron divaricatus
- Northern DewberryRubus flagellaris
- Sand BlackberryRubus cuneifolius
- Slender Leaf FleabaneErigeron tenuis
- Gray GoldenrodSolidago nemoralis
- Showy GoldenrodSolidago speciosa var. speciosa
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Crooked-stem AsterSymphyotrichum prenanthoides
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- Early GoldenrodSolidago juncea
- Field ThistleCirsium discolor
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Heartleaf AsterSymphyotrichum cordifolium
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Purple Stem Aster; Swamp Aster; Bristly AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
- Scabrous Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium var. scabridum
- Simmonds's AsterSymphyotrichum simmondsii
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Southern GoldenrodSolidago austrina
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
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.