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.
- Pineland St. John's-wortHypericum suffruticosum
- Roundpod St. John's-wortHypericum cistifolium
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Asclepias connivensAsclepias connivens
- Asclepias viridulaAsclepias viridula
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Asclepias cinereaAsclepias cinerea
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- Seaside SeedboxLudwigia maritima
- Liatris gracilisLiatris gracilis
- Oclemena reticulataOclemena reticulata
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Savanna IrisIris tridentata
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Tephrosia mohriiTephrosia mohrii
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Digitaria serotinaDigitaria serotina
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon hirsutior
- Carpet Witchgrass; Carpet Witch GrassDichanthelium chamaelonche
- Clematis socialisClematis socialis
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium tenue
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Slender CrabgrassDigitaria filiformis
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Dixie Whitetop AsterSericocarpus tortifolius
- Pale LobeliaLobelia appendiculata
- Phlox floridanaPhlox floridana
- Shortleaf LobeliaLobelia brevifolia
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Nuttall's LobeliaLobelia nuttallii
- Southern Elephants Foot; Southern ElephantsfootElephantopus elatus
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 76
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.