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.
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria australis
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSporobolus pumilus
- Stiletto BeaksedgeRhynchospora stiletto
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Purple MeadowrueThalictrum dasycarpum
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Fragrant BeaksedgeRhynchospora odorata
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Thorne's BeaksedgeRhynchospora thornei
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Royal CatchflySilene regia
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Ivy leaf ThoroughwortChromolaena ivifolia
- Teucrium canadense var. hypoleucumTeucrium canadense var. hypoleucum
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia lanceolata
- Single Stem Leather RootOrbexilum simplex
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- Plains LovegrassEragrostis intermedia
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Field MilkwortPolygala sanguinea
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Pink MilkwortPolygala incarnata
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Dune HairgrassMuhlenbergia sericea
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Yellow PuffNeptunia lutea
- Lace FlowerPtilimnium nuttallii
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.