Habitat in Alabama
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.
- Longleaf WedgescaleSphenopholis filiformis
- Polygonella polygamaPolygonella polygama
- Sandy-field HairsedgeBulbostylis stenophylla
- Southern JointweedPolygonella americana
- Spiked MedusaOrthochilus ecristatus
- Tall JointweedPolygonella gracilis
- Ware's HairsedgeBulbostylis warei
- Yellow ButterwortPinguicula lutea
- Gentian PinkrootSpigelia gentianoides
- Gratiola hispidaSophronanthe hispida
- Paronychia americanaParonychia americana
- Paronychia patulaParonychia patula
- Paronychia rugeliiParonychia rugelii
- Polygonella fimbriataPolygonella fimbriata
- Purple SilkyscaleAnthaenantia rufa
- Baptisia perfoliataBaptisia perfoliata
- Gomphrena serrataGomphrena serrata
- Pantropical FanpetalsSida cordifolia
- Spreading SpiderlingBoerhavia diffusa
- Venus FlytrapDionaea muscipula
- Wand MulleinVerbascum virgatum
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.