Habitat in Alabama
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
- Plants
- 271
- Birds
- 78
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- White Prairie CloverDalea candida
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia cespitosa
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- Soft Golden-asterBradburia pilosa
- Woolly CrotonCroton capitatus
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Barren St. JohnswortHypericum sphaerocarpum
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Five Lobe St. JohnswortHypericum lobocarpum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Blue CrowngrassPaspalum caespitosum
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Barrens MilkweedAsclepias hirtella
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Pale Wild Bergamot; Pale Wild Bee BalmMonarda fistulosa var. mollis
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- Mobile OnionAllium mobilense
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Curtis's CrowngrassPaspalum praecox var. curtisianum
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- Crawes SedgeCarex crawei
- Little Tooth SedgeCarex microdonta
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Barrelhead Blazing StarLiatris cylindracea
- Rydbergs Blazing StarLiatris hirsuta
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Agalinis filicaulisAgalinis filicaulis
- Blue SedgeCarex glaucodea
- Bush's SedgeCarex bushii
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Green GerardiaAgalinis viridis
- Heavy SedgeCarex gravida
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Prairie False FoxgloveAgalinis heterophylla
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 66
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
Near water in this habitat 12
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
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)
- Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.