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.
- Texas SunnybellsSchoenolirion wrightii
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Birdseed LeafPhyllanthus evanescens
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Carolina Prairie-trefoilAcmispon helleri
- Chinese Firethorn; Chinese Fire ThornPyracantha fortuneana
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- Cyperus entrerianusCyperus entrerianus
- Finger False DragonheadPhysostegia digitalis
- Florida bellflowerRotanthella floridana
- Hoary VervainVerbena stricta
- Lindheimer's BeeblossomOenothera lindheimeri
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- Mealy FumewortCorydalis crystallina
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Pinkhead SmartweedPersicaria capitata
- Prairie Cup GrassEriochloa contracta
- Rocky Mountain SageSalvia reflexa
- Silverleaf NightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium
- Sleepy MorningWaltheria indica
- Slender centauryCentaurium tenuiflorum
- Slender VervainVerbena rigida
- Smut-grassSporobolus indicus
- Swamp FernTelmatoblechnum serrulatum
- Texas BluegrassPoa arachnifera
- Texas PaintbrushCastilleja indivisa
- Upright Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
- White SagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
- Yucatan PetuniaRuellia yucatana
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.