Ruffed Grouse in Alabama

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Year-round model

Habitats in Alabama 8

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

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Year-roundRidge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland; Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and BarrensLimestone cedar glade. Shown: Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

Year-roundAllegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier; Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest; Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest; Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

Year-roundSouthern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Year-roundSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Year-roundCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

Year-roundDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-round. Next to its main habitatPasture/Hay; Utility Swath - Herbaceous

Other habitats in its models (41)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Year-round
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round
Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Year-round
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Year-round
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Year-round
Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Year-round
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Year-round
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Year-round