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.
- Variable-leaf HeartleafHexastylis heterophylla
- Carolina CoralbeadNephroia carolina
- Dioscorea floridanaDioscorea floridana
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolonChrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- Spoon Shape Barbaras ButtonsMarshallia obovata var. obovata
- BeechdropsEpifagus virginiana
- Bulbous WoodrushLuzula bulbosa
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Wavyleaf NoseburnTragia urens
- Blue Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum tristachyum
- Tragia smalliiTragia smallii
- Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
- Cranefly OrchidTipularia discolor
- Crested CoralrootHexalectris spicata
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Eastern TurkeybeardXerophyllum asphodeloides
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Indian PinkSpigelia marilandica
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Smooth Forked NailwortParonychia canadensis
- Southern JointweedPolygonella americana
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- Blackberry-lilyIris domestica
- Carolina Prairie-trefoilAcmispon helleri
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Tung-oil TreeVernicia fordii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 107
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.