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 Dogwood
Cornus florida
Tree. Native
Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Narrowleaf Smooth Aster
Symphyotrichum concinnum
Native
Small Black Blueberry
Vaccinium tenellum
Shrub. Native
Symphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratum
Symphyotrichum attenuatum
Native
Small Wood Sunflower
Helianthus microcephalus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hairy Heart Leaf Aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pink Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Shrub. Native
Sweet Goldenrod
Solidago odora
Wildflower or fern. Native
Wavyleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Western Rough Goldenrod
Solidago radula
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Arrowleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Chestnut Oak
Quercus montana
Tree. Native
Georgia Oak
Quercus georgiana
Tree. Native
Turkey Oak
Quercus laevis
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Verbesina aristata
Verbesina aristata
Native
Allegheny Chinquapin
Castanea pumila
Tree. Native
American Chestnut
Castanea dentata
Tree. Native
Boynton's Oak
Quercus boyntonii
Native
Southern Wedge-Leaf Violet
Viola tenuipes
Native
Rusty Blackhaw
Viburnum rufidulum
Tree. Native
Wild Potato-vine
Ipomoea pandurata
Vine. Native
Roundleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Torreys Thoroughwort
Eupatorium torreyanum
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Thoroughwort
Eupatorium album
Wildflower or fern. Native
Ozark Crownbeard
Verbesina helianthoides
Wildflower or fern. Native
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Tree. Native
Downy Arrowwood
Viburnum rafinesqueanum
Shrub. Native
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Tree. Native
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Shrub. Native
Slender Flower Beard Tongue
Penstemon tenuiflorus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Southern Woodland Violet
Viola hirsutula
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cream Wild Indigo
Baptisia bracteata
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Vervain
Verbena urticifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Broadleaf Ironweed
Vernonia glauca
Wildflower or fern. Native
Maryland Golden-aster
Chrysopsis mariana
Wildflower or fern. Native
McCree's Milkpea
Galactia volubilis
Vine. Native
Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Small-headed Silkgrass
Pityopsis microcephala
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Pine
Pinus virginiana
Tree. Native
Eastern Bee Balm
Monarda bradburiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Large Spotted St. Johnswort
Hypericum pseudomaculatum
Shrub. Native
St. Andrew's-cross
Hypericum hypericoides
Shrub. Native
Bushy St. John's-wort
Hypericum densiflorum
Shrub. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 107

Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Year-round
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Winter
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Year-round
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Winter
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Year-round
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Summer
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Year-round
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Summer
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Year-round
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Year-round
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Summer
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Summer
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Summer
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Summer
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Winter
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Year-round
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Year-round
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Year-round
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Year-round
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Year-round
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Year-round
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Winter
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Summer
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Year-round
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Year-round
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Winter
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Year-round
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Year-round
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Year-round
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Year-round
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Year-round
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Year-round
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Picoides borealis
Year-round
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Year-round
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Year-round
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Winter, beside its main habitat
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Summer
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Winter
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Year-round
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Year-round
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Year-round

Near water in this habitat 13

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Summer, only within 2,000 m of water
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Summer, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.