Habitat in Alabama
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Allegheny Plum; Allegheny SloePrunus alabamensis
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Smallflower BlueberryVaccinium virgatum
- Symphyotrichum adnatumSymphyotrichum adnatum
- Carolina HollyIlex ambigua
- Woody GoldenrodChrysoma pauciflosculosa
- Longleaf SunflowerHelianthus longifolius
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Ceanothus microphyllusCeanothus microphyllus
- Graceful GoldenrodSolidago gracillima
- Late GoldenrodSolidago tarda
- Piedmont RhododendronRhododendron minus
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago salicina
- Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Oenothera curtissiiOenothera curtissii
- Bluejack OakQuercus incana
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Verbesina aristataVerbesina aristata
- Quercus chapmaniiQuercus chapmanii
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Sand Post OakQuercus margaretiae
- Dwarf Live OakQuercus minima
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Albany HawthornCrataegus furtiva
- Hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia hirsuta
- Rough HawthornCrataegus senta
- Atlantic Poison-oakToxicodendron pubescens
- Dwarf HuckleberryGaylussacia dumosa
- Lesser SnakerootAgeratina aromatica
- Mountain LaurelKalmia latifolia
- Southern BeeblossomOenothera simulans
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomOenothera filipes
- Wedgeleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium glaucescens
- YankeeweedEupatorium compositifolium
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Gaylussacia tomentosaGaylussacia tomentosa
- Blue Sandhill LupineLupinus diffusus
- Croton argyranthemusCroton argyranthemus
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Dwarf HawthornCrataegus munda
- Galactia floridanaGalactia floridana
- Hyssop Leaf Golden AsterChrysopsis hyssopifolia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Alabama yet.
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.