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.
- Cut-over MuhlyMuhlenbergia expansa
- Dense-spike BlackrootPterocaulon pycnostachyum
- Eustachys floridanaEustachys floridana
- Large Flower Rose GentianSabatia grandiflora
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Sabatia bartramiiSabatia decandra
- Sabatia brevifoliaSabatia brevifolia
- Wand BlackrootPterocaulon virgatum
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Pineland PinweedLechea sessiliflora
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- Hillsboro Three-awnAristida tenuispica
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Pineland False SunflowerPhoebanthus tenuifolius
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida virgata
- Lavender BladderwortUtricularia resupinata
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Aristida beyrichianaAristida beyrichiana
- Aristida mohriiAristida mohrii
- Dyschoriste oblongifoliaDyschoriste oblongifolia
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Stillingia aquaticaStillingia aquatica
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Hairy ChaffheadTrilisa paniculata
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- Vanilla-leafTrilisa odoratissima
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Pineland Rayless-goldenrodBigelowia nudata
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- False RosemaryConradina canescens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Habenaria quinquesetaHabenaria quinqueseta
- Scoparia dulcisScoparia dulcis
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Crow PoisonStenanthium texanum
- Crow-poisonStenanthium densum
- Marshallia obovata var. scaposaMarshallia obovata var. scaposa
- Narrow Pipewort; Narrow Pipe WortEriocaulon lineare
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Few Flower Nut RushScleria pauciflora var. pauciflora
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
- 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.