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.
- Florida Yellow FlaxLinum floridanum var. floridanum
- Linum floridanum var. chrysocarpumLinum floridanum var. chrysocarpum
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Rhexia mariana var. exalbidaRhexia mariana var. exalbida
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Ruellia noctifloraRuellia noctiflora
- Whitetop PitcherplantSarracenia leucophylla
- Yellow PitcherplantSarracenia flava
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Baldwin's BeaksedgeRhynchospora baldwinii
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Clustered BeaksedgeRhynchospora glomerata
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Elliott's BeaksedgeRhynchospora elliottii
- Fairy BeaksedgeRhynchospora pusilla
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- Fringed BeaksedgeRhynchospora ciliaris
- Giant Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora latifolia
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Nodding BeaksedgeRhynchospora inexpansa
- Pagoda BeaksedgeRhynchospora compressa
- Plumed BeaksedgeRhynchospora plumosa
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Short-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora galeana
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Slender BeaksedgeRhynchospora gracilenta
- Small's BeaksedgeRhynchospora pinetorum
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Spreading BeaksedgeRhynchospora divergens
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Thorne's BeaksedgeRhynchospora thornei
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- Torrey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora torreyana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 88
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
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.