Habitat in Alabama
Forest edges and thickets
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets. Schafale
- Plants
- 209
- Birds
- 104

Plants
Also found in this habitat in Alabama: plants whose sourced habitat text names it. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Rosinweed SunflowerHelianthus silphioides
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Smooth Elmleaf GoldenrodSolidago delicatula
- Black RaspberryRubus occidentalis
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Resindot SunflowerHelianthus resinosus
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Buffalo CloverTrifolium reflexum
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Roughleaf DogwoodCornus asperifolia
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Downy GoldenrodSolidago puberula
- Early GoldenrodSolidago juncea
- Field ThistleCirsium discolor
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Porters GoldenrodSolidago porteri
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Tall ThistleCirsium altissimum
- Hairy LettuceLactuca hirsuta
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Tall ThoroughwortEupatorium altissimum
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Upland BonesetEupatorium sessilifolium
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Lesser SnakerootAgeratina aromatica
- Nodding Evening PrimroseOenothera nutans
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Tennessee IronweedVernonia flaccidifolia
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomOenothera filipes
- Fruitful Allegheny HawthornCrataegus frugiferens
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Mustang GrapeVitis mustangensis
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Solanum nigrescensSolanum nigrescens
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Red Seed PlantainPlantago rhodosperma
Wildlife
Also found in this habitat: wildlife whose USGS habitat models (2001 land cover) include it, where its range includes Alabama. Not sighting records, and not food.
Birds 92
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- 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
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
Near water in this habitat 12
Their models use this habitat only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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)
- Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.




































































































