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.
- Savanna IrisIris tridentata
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetumEryngium synchaetum
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Scaleleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis aphylla
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon hirsutior
- Mohr's BluestemAndropogon mohrii
- Whorled LoosestrifeLysimachia quadrifolia
- Carpet Witchgrass; Carpet Witch GrassDichanthelium chamaelonche
- Eurybia eryngiifoliaEurybia eryngiifolia
- Florida Hoary-peaTephrosia florida
- Naked Stem Witch GrassDichanthelium nudicaule
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Sprawling Hoary-peaTephrosia hispidula
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium tenue
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Roger's LobeliaLobelia rogersii
- Shortleaf LobeliaLobelia brevifolia
- Pine LilyLilium catesbyi
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Nuttall's LobeliaLobelia nuttallii
- Stout RushJuncus nodatus
- Carphephorus pseudoliatrisCarphephorus pseudoliatris
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Linum sulcatum var. harperiLinum harperi
- Pale Pitcher PlantSarracenia alata
- Rose Pitcherplant; Rose Pitcher PlantSarracenia rosea
- Sarracenia psittacinaSarracenia psittacina
- Spring Hill FlaxLinum macrocarpum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
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.