Habitat in Alabama
Pine flatwoods
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas. Schafale
- Plants
- 214
- Birds
- 93
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Vaccinium darrowiiVaccinium darrowii
- Vaccinium myrsinitesVaccinium myrsinites
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Savannah AsterSymphyotrichum chapmanii
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Symphyotrichum adnatumSymphyotrichum adnatum
- Sarvis HollyIlex amelanchier
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Simmonds's AsterSymphyotrichum simmondsii
- Quercus chapmaniiQuercus chapmanii
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Dwarf Live OakQuercus minima
- Hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia hirsuta
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Dwarf HuckleberryGaylussacia dumosa
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomOenothera filipes
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Gaylussacia tomentosaGaylussacia tomentosa
- Canadian ServiceberryAmelanchier canadensis
- Crataegus trifloraCrataegus triflora
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Hyssop Leaf Golden AsterChrysopsis hyssopifolia
- Kalmia hirsutaKalmia hirsuta
- Penstemon multiflorusPenstemon multiflorus
- Physalis arenicolaPhysalis arenicola
- Pityopsis oliganthaPityopsis oligantha
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Dalea pinnata var. trifoliataDalea pinnata var. trifoliata
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis microcephala
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Hypericum brachyphyllumHypericum brachyphyllum
- Hypericum microsepalumHypericum microsepalum
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Atlantic St. John's-wortHypericum tenuifolium
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Coreopsis pubescens var. debilisCoreopsis pubescens var. debilis
- Five Lobe St. JohnswortHypericum lobocarpum
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Leavenworth's TickseedCoreopsis leavenworthii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 76
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- 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 Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Near water in this habitat 17
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.