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.
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Southern SedgeCarex austrina
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Rough Blazing-starLiatris aspera
- Smallhead Blazing-starLiatris microcephala
- Blackbelt RosinweedSilphium confertifolium
- Compass PlantSilphium laciniatum
- Delphinium alabamicumDelphinium alabamicum
- Mohrs RosinweedSilphium mohrii
- Tansy RosinweedSilphium pinnatifidum
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium littorale
- Four Flower LoosestrifeSteironema quadriflorum
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Dwarf LarkspurDelphinium tricorne
- Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalisGaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis
- Nerved WitchgrassDichanthelium neuranthum
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Texas False DandelionPyrrhopappus pauciflorus
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Ringed WitchgrassDichanthelium annulum
- Southeastern PanicgrassColeataenia tenera
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Pale LobeliaLobelia appendiculata
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Callirhoe papaverCallirhoe papaver
- Michigan LilyLilium michiganense
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Poppy MallowCallirhoe alcaeoides
- Rough Rattlesnake RootNabalus asper
- Wavyleaf Purple ConeflowerEchinacea simulata
- Inland RushJuncus interior
- Ringseed RushJuncus filipendulus
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Cyperus drummondiiCyperus drummondii
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Manyflower Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle umbellata
- Ozark Meadow BeautyRhexia interior
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 66
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
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.