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.
- Elionurus tripsacoidesElionurus tripsacoides
- Engler's BogbuttonsLachnocaulon engleri
- Gratiola hispidaSophronanthe hispida
- Lycopodiella cernuaPalhinhaea cernua
- Pineland BogbuttonsLachnocaulon digynum
- Purple SilkyscaleAnthaenantia rufa
- Indian CupscaleSacciolepis indica
- Itch-grassRottboellia cochinchinensis
- South American Mexican CloverRichardia humistrata
- Venus FlytrapDionaea muscipula
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.