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.
- Lady LupineLupinus villosus
- Lynn Haven Golden AsterChrysopsis lanuginosa
- Penstemon multiflorusPenstemon multiflorus
- Physalis arenicolaPhysalis arenicola
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifoliaRudbeckia hirta var. angustifolia
- Rudbeckia mollisRudbeckia mollis
- Southern Coastal VioletViola septemloba
- Carolina VervainVerbena carnea
- Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia bracteata
- Granite GooseberryRibes curvatum
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Dalea pinnata var. trifoliataDalea pinnata var. trifoliata
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Narrowleaf RushfoilCroton michauxii
- White TasselsDalea albida
- Bearded Milkvetch; Southern MilkvetchAstragalus villosus
- Florida MilkvetchAstragalus obcordatus
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Sandhill Golden-asterPityopsis pinifolia
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis microcephala
- Cutleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis angulata
- Erect MilkpeaGalactia erecta
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Florida Ticktrefoil; Florida Tick TrefoilDesmodium floridanum
- Littleleaf MilkpeaGalactia microphylla
- Soft MilkpeaGalactia mollis
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Atlantic St. John's-wortHypericum tenuifolium
- Keever's OnionAllium cuthbertii
- Low St. John's-wortHypericum stragulum
- Running Partridge PeaChamaecrista horizontalis
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Dwarf LocustRobinia hispida var. nana
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Sandhills BeanPhaseolus sinuatus
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Asclepias obovataAsclepias obovata
- Euphorbia discoidalisEuphorbia discoidalis
- Euphorbia floridanaEuphorbia floridana
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoilDesmodium strictum
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.