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.
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Linum sulcatum var. harperiLinum harperi
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Clinopodium coccineumClinopodium coccineum
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Maryland Meadow Beauty; Pale Meadow BeautyRhexia mariana var. mariana
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Pycnanthemum nudumPycnanthemum nudum
- Rhexia mariana var. exalbidaRhexia mariana var. exalbida
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Smallhead Marsh-elderIva microcephala
- Curtiss' BeakrushRhynchospora curtissii
- Rhynchospora fernaldiiRhynchospora fernaldii
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Rhynchosia minimaRhynchosia minima
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Quillwort Yellow Eyed GrassXyris isoetifolia
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Southern BrackenPteridium pseudocaudatum
- Sporobolus curtissiiSporobolus curtissii
- Xyris drummondiiXyris drummondii
- Dwarf MilkwortPolygala nana
- Polygala crenataPolygala crenata
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris floridana
- Savanna Yellow-eyed-grassXyris flabelliformis
- Shortleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris brevifolia
- Xyris elliottiiXyris elliottii
- BuckrootPediomelum canescens
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
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.