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.
- Ribbed BishopweedPtilimnium costatum
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Sabatia brevifoliaSabatia brevifolia
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Wand BlackrootPterocaulon virgatum
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Wedgeleaf DrabaTomostima cuneifolia
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Evening Rain LilyZephyranthes chlorosolen
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Stillingia aquaticaStillingia aquatica
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Bristly ScaleseedSpermolepis echinata
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Bumpy Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium pruinosum
- Cedarglade Rock PinkPhemeranthus calcaricus
- Lesser Blue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium minus
- Coosa Barbaras ButtonsMarshallia mohrii
- Catchfly Prairie GentianEustoma exaltatum
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Oklahoma Grass PinkCalopogon oklahomensis
- Prairie CelestialNemastylis geminiflora
- Purple SandgrassTriplasis purpurea
- Tansy DogshadeLimnosciadium pinnatum
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Heart Leaf NoseburnTragia cordata
- Pitted JointgrassCoelorachis cylindrica
- Boykins Cluster PeaLackeya multiflora
- Dracopis amplexicaulisDracopis amplexicaulis
- Eastern YampahPerideridia americana
- Finger DogshadeCynosciadium digitatum
- Gratiola hispidaSophronanthe hispida
- Ozark GrassLimnodea arkansana
- Prairie BishopAtrema americanum
- Prairie ParsleyPolytaenia nuttallii
- Texas ChervilChaerophyllum texanum
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.