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.
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Bushy GoldentopEuthamia leptocephala
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Rough GoldentopEuthamia scabra
- Wand GoldenrodSolidago virgata
- Helianthus floridanusHelianthus floridanus
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Variableleaf SunflowerHelianthus heterophyllus
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Bog RagwortPackera crawfordii
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Graceful GoldenrodSolidago gracillima
- Hammocksweet AzaleaRhododendron serrulatum
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Scabrous Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium var. scabridum
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- LeConte's ThistleCirsium lecontei
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Yellow Thistle; Bull Thistle; Horrid ThistleCirsium horridulum var. horridulum
- Running OakQuercus elliottii
- Gaylussacia mosieriGaylussacia mosieri
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium anomalum
- Mohr's ThoroughwortEupatorium mohrii
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Gaylussacia tomentosaGaylussacia tomentosa
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Kalmia hirsutaKalmia hirsuta
- Pityopsis oliganthaPityopsis oligantha
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Rudbeckia nitidaRudbeckia nitida
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Sprawling White TasselsDalea mountjoyae
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis microcephala
- Soft Golden-asterBradburia pilosa
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
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.