Habitat in Alabama
Mountain balds
Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Atlantic GoldenrodSolidago arguta var. caroliniana
- Mountain Highbush BlueberryVaccinium simulatum
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Catawba RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense
- Cumberland AzaleaRhododendron cumberlandense
- Flame AzaleaRhododendron calendulaceum
- Northern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Smooth AzaleaRhododendron arborescens
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum cassinoides
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Allegheny ServiceberryAmelanchier laevis
- Prickly GooseberryRibes cynosbati
- Crested SedgeCarex cristatella
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Thinleaf Mountain-mintPycnanthemum montanum
- Eubotrys recurvaEubotrys recurva
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Eastern BrackenPteridium latiusculum
- Eastern TeaberryGaultheria procumbens
- Pink TurtleheadChelone lyonii
- Wood AnemoneAnemone quinquefolia
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Shining Nut RushScleria nitida
- Wavy HairgrassAvenella flexuosa
- Blue Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum tristachyum
- Running ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Eastern TurkeybeardXerophyllum asphodeloides
- Purple ChokeberryAronia prunifolia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Alabama yet.
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)
- Round Bald, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.