Habitat in Alabama
Dry forests and woodlands
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine. Schafale
- Plants
- 224
- Birds
- 120
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Narrowleaf Smooth AsterSymphyotrichum concinnum
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratumSymphyotrichum attenuatum
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Hairy Heart Leaf AsterSymphyotrichum drummondii
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Chestnut OakQuercus montana
- Georgia OakQuercus georgiana
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- White OakQuercus alba
- Verbesina aristataVerbesina aristata
- Allegheny ChinquapinCastanea pumila
- American ChestnutCastanea dentata
- Boynton's OakQuercus boyntonii
- Southern Wedge-Leaf VioletViola tenuipes
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium torreyanum
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Allegheny ServiceberryAmelanchier laevis
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesqueanum
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Slender Flower Beard TonguePenstemon tenuiflorus
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia bracteata
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis microcephala
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Eastern Bee BalmMonarda bradburiana
- Large Spotted St. JohnswortHypericum pseudomaculatum
- St. Andrew's-crossHypericum hypericoides
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 107
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- 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
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
Near water in this habitat 13
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.