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
- 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.