Habitat in Arkansas
Granite and other acidic rock outcrops
Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes. Schafale
- Plants
- 29
- Birds
- 69
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Mapleleaf GoosefootChenopodium simplex
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Hairy SpiderwortTradescantia hirsuticaulis
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Keeled BulrushIsolepis carinata
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
- Missouri RockcressBorodinia missouriensis
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Shortpod DrabaAbdra brachycarpa
- Bradley's SpleenwortAsplenium bradleyi
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Lobed SpleenwortAsplenium pinnatifidum
- Winter GrapefernBotrychium lunarioides
- Petite-plantLepuropetalon spathulatum
- Rock SpikemossSelaginella rupestris
- Appalachian Cliff FernWoodsia appalachiana
- Dwarf Filmy-fernDidymoglossum petersii
- Wright's CliffbrakePellaea wrightiana
- American PillwortPilularia americana
- Hairy LipfernMyriopteris lanosa
- Blackberry-lilyBelamcanda chinensis
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Spring DrabaDraba verna
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 60
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Near water in this habitat 9
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
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.