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.
- Yellow PuffNeptunia lutea
- Lanceleaf Rose-gentianSabatia difformis
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Piedmont False-pimpernelLindernia monticola
- Pinewoods Rose-gentianSabatia gentianoides
- Sabatia brevifoliaSabatia brevifolia
- Slender Rose-gentianSabatia campanulata
- Wand BlackrootPterocaulon virgatum
- Carolina RedrootLachnanthes caroliniana
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Florida Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes floridana
- Giant-spiral Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes longilabris
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Water DawnflowerStylisma aquatica
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Pink SundewDrosera capillaris
- Spoonleaf SundewDrosera intermedia
- Drosera tracyiDrosera tracyi
- Kearney's Witch AlderFothergilla parvifolia
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Southern Three-awnAristida simpliciflora
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida virgata
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Aristida beyrichianaAristida beyrichiana
- Bristle Seed Star GrassHypoxis wrightii
- Dyschoriste oblongifoliaDyschoriste oblongifolia
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Stiff Star-grassHypoxis rigida
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Eastern Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium atlanticum
- Hairy ChaffheadTrilisa paniculata
- Vanilla-leafTrilisa odoratissima
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Pineland Rayless-goldenrodBigelowia nudata
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Toothache GrassCtenium aromaticum
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Golden-crestLophiola aurea
- Mecardonia acuminata var. microphyllaMecardonia acuminata var. microphylla
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
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.