Habitat in Alabama
Pine savannas
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 346
- Birds
- 88
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Atlantic St. John's-wortHypericum tenuifolium
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Pineland St. John's-wortHypericum suffruticosum
- Roundpod St. John's-wortHypericum cistifolium
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Blue CrowngrassPaspalum caespitosum
- Narrowleaf LespedezaLespedeza angustifolia
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Asclepias obovataAsclepias obovata
- Asclepias viridulaAsclepias viridula
- Rosy CamphorweedPluchea baccharis
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Savanna TickseedCoreopsis linifolia
- Asclepias cinereaAsclepias cinerea
- Curtis's CrowngrassPaspalum praecox var. curtisianum
- Early CrowngrassPaspalum praecox var. praecox
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Longleaf MilkweedAsclepias longifolia
- Michaux's MilkweedAsclepias michauxii
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Savanna SneezeweedHelenium vernale
- Southeastern SneezeweedHelenium pinnatifidum
- Catesby's BindweedConvolvulus catesbyanus
- Hammock SedgeCarex fissa var. aristata
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- Seaside SeedboxLudwigia maritima
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Agalinis filicaulisAgalinis filicaulis
- Agalinis pulchellaAgalinis pulchella
- Canebrake SedgeCarex austrodeflexa
- Georgia False FoxgloveAgalinis georgiana
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Ridge Stem False Fox GloveAgalinis oligophylla
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 88
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.