Habitat in Alabama
Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits
Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead. Schafale
- Plants
- 107
- Birds
- 20
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Catawba RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Piedmont RhododendronRhododendron minus
- Short's AsterSymphyotrichum shortii
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum cassinoides
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Atlantic Poison-oakToxicodendron pubescens
- Black HuckleberryGaylussacia baccata
- Halberd-leaf Yellow VioletViola hastata
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Prickly GooseberryRibes cynosbati
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia humifusa
- Ocoee BeebalmMonarda austroappalachiana
- Small's BeardtonguePenstemon smallii
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Golden St. John's-wortHypericum frondosum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Common Hairy Coreopsis; Star Tickseed; Star Tick SeedCoreopsis pubescens var. pubescens
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Northern Blazing-starLiatris scariosa
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Gattingers AgalinisAgalinis gattingeri
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Ridge Stem False Fox GloveAgalinis oligophylla
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Great Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis grandis
- Narrowleaf GumweedGrindelia lanceolata
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Fraser's LoosestrifeLysimachia fraseri
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon hirsutior
- Weakleaf YuccaYucca flaccida
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Pale Leather FlowerClematis versicolor
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 16
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
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)
- Trees and rocks on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.