Habitat in Arkansas
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades. Schafale
- Plants
- 123
- Birds
- 71

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 123
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Gattingers Prairie CloverDalea gattingeri
- Heartleaf PlantainPlantago cordata
- Pink PurslanePortulaca pilosa
- WidowscrossSedum pulchellum
- Clematis fremontiiClematis fremontii
- Arkansas CalamintClinopodium arkansanum
- Blackstem SpleenwortAsplenium resiliens
- Walking FernAsplenium rhizophyllum
- Michauxs Glade CressLeavenworthia uniflora
- Bulblet Bladder FernCystopteris bulbifera
- Limestone Adders TongueOphioglossum engelmannii
- Tennessee Bladder FernCystopteris tennesseensis
- Alabama LipfernMyriopteris alabamensis
- Woolly LipfernMyriopteris tomentosa
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Autumn OnionAllium stellatum
- Barren St. JohnswortHypericum sphaerocarpum
- Barrelhead Blazing StarLiatris cylindracea
- Parasol SedgeCarex umbellata
- Ringseed RushJuncus filipendulus
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Ozark CalamintClinopodium glabellum
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus
- American Smoke TreeCotinus obovatus
- Rock MuhlyMuhlenbergia sobolifera
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Upland Swamp PrivetForestiera ligustrina
- Prairie BroomweedAmphiachyris dracunculoides
- Great Plains Ladies TressesSpiranthes magnicamporum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Bumpy Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium pruinosum
- Limestone QuillwortIsoetes butleri
- Rock SpikemossSelaginella rupestris
- Purple-stem CliffbrakePellaea atropurpurea
- Barbed Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes barbata
- Slender LipfernMyriopteris gracilis
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Limerock Arrow WoodViburnum bracteatum
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 13
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Near water in this habitat 1
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Widespread birds also seen here (57)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick's Wren
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Prairie Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- Limestone cedar glade at Stones River National Battlefield, NPS habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.











































