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.
- Piedmont RoselingCuthbertia rosea
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
- Agalinis tenellaAgalinis tenella
- Threadleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis setacea
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Southern LoosestrifeSteironema tonsa
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Kidney Leaf RosinweedSilphium compositum var. compositum
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- White Wood-asterEurybia divaricata
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Dixie Whitetop AsterSericocarpus tortifolius
- False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
- Narrowleaf Whitetop AsterSericocarpus linifolius
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Slender IndiangrassSorghastrum elliottii
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Alabama SkullcapScutellaria alabamensis
- Hairy PhloxPhlox amoena
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Carolina LilyLilium michauxii
- Hairy SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. punctata
- Kentucky SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Combleaf Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria pectinata
- Hill CaneArundinaria appalachiana
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- American GromwellLithospermum latifolium
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Tallapoosa Cane, Alabama Cane, Brittle CaneArundinaria alabamensis
- Bigleaf SnowbellStyrax grandifolius
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Pursh's Wild-petuniaRuellia purshiana
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Doubleform SnoutbeanRhynchosia difformis
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
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.