Habitat in Alabama
Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock
Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Eggerts SunflowerHelianthus eggertii
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Prairie GoldenrodSolidago ptarmicoides
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Solanum pumilumSolanum pumilum
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Nettleleaf SageSalvia urticifolia
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Sand Bitter CressCardamine parviflora var. arenicola
- Ringed WitchgrassDichanthelium annulum
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria leonardii
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Virginia False GromwellLithospermum virginianum
- Granite FlatsedgeCyperus granitophilus
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
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
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.