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
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.