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.
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Whorled SunflowerHelianthus verticillatus
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Bushy GoldentopEuthamia leptocephala
- Narrowleaf Smooth AsterSymphyotrichum concinnum
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratumSymphyotrichum attenuatum
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Slender Leaf FleabaneErigeron tenuis
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Prairie GoldenrodSolidago ptarmicoides
- Solidago sempervirens var. mexicanaSolidago mexicana
- Southern GoldenrodSolidago austrina
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Long Flower BeeblossomOenothera filiformis
- Spach's evening primrose.Oenothera spachiana
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Carolina ThistleCirsium carolinianum
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Southern HorseweedErigeron pusillus
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Eastern Prairie Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia aberrans
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomOenothera filipes
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Ashe's HawthornCrataegus ashei
- Black Belt Black Eyed SusandRudbeckia terranigrae
- Crataegus trifloraCrataegus triflora
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Field Ground CherryPhysalis mollis
- Slender Flower Beard TonguePenstemon tenuiflorus
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Purple Prairie CloverDalea purpurea
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.