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.
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Creeping AsterEurybia surculosa
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Round Leaf Fire PinkSilene rotundifolia
- Canada ToadflaxLinaria canadensis
- Hairy Bush HoneysuckleDiervilla rivularis
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Southern Bush-honeysuckleDiervilla sessilifolia
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia lanceolata
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Frenchs Shooting StarPrimula frenchii
- American AlumrootHeuchera americana
- Arabis georgianaArabis georgiana
- Grotto AlumrootHeuchera missouriensis
- Carey's SaxifrageMicranthes careyana
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Southern HarebellCampanula divaricata
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Appalachian Rockcap FernPolypodium appalachianum
- Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
- Prairie Three-awnAristida oligantha
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- FoamflowerTiarella wherryi
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- Tiarella cordifolia var. austrinaTiarella austrina
- Annual FimbryFimbristylis annua
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- American DittanyCunila origanoides
- Wavy HairgrassAvenella flexuosa
- Rock FirmossHuperzia porophila
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- Appalachian Filmy-fernVandenboschia boschiana
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.