Habitat in Arkansas
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 888
- Birds
- 151
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 888
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
- Memorial RoseRosa lucieae
- Moth MulleinVerbascum blattaria
- Mouse-ear CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Nettleleaf GoosefootChenopodium murale
- Orange CosmosCosmos sulphureus
- Orange HawkweedHieracium aurantiacum
- Paraguayan StarburAcanthospermum australe
- Pasture FlatsedgeKyllinga gracillima
- Perfoliate PennycressThlaspi perfoliatum
- Pineapple-weedMatricaria discoidea
- Poorland FlatsedgeCyperus compressus
- Poverty BromeBromus sterilis
- Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
- Prince's-featherPersicaria orientalis
- Purple Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Purple SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
- Rabbitfoot CloverTrifolium arvense
- RapeseedBrassica napus
- Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Red-seeded DandelionTaraxacum laevigatum
- Redstem Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Reeves' SpiraeaSpiraea cantoniensis
- Reversed CloverTrifolium resupinatum
- Ripgut BromeBromus diandrus
- Rocket LarkspurDelphinium ajacis
- Rose CampionSilene coronaria
- Rough Mexican-cloverRichardia scabra
- Roundleaf ThoroughwaxBupleurum rotundifolium
- Sacred Thorn AppleDatura metel
- Scarlet PimpernelAnagallis arvensis
- Showy RattleboxCrotalaria spectabilis
- Silver HairgrassAira caryophyllea
- Slender AmaranthAmaranthus viridis
- Slender Parsley-piertAphanes australis
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- Smallflower ButtercupRanunculus parviflorus
- Smallflower HawksbeardCrepis pulchra
- Smooth Cat's-earHypochaeris glabra
- Smooth CrabgrassDigitaria ischaemum
- Snow-on-the-mountainEuphorbia marginata
- Snow-white EverlastingGamochaeta chionesthes
- SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
- South American SeedboxLudwigia bonariensis
- Southern CrabgrassDigitaria ciliaris
- Southern RockbellWahlenbergia marginata
- SpiderwispCleome gynandra
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 64
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
Near water in this habitat 24
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- American WigeonAnas americana
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- SoraPorzana carolina
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (63)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bank Swallow
- Bewick's Wren
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Great Horned Owl
- Harris's Sparrow
- Indigo Bunting
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Mallard
- Mississippi Kite
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Prairie Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- 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)
- Old-Salem-fields-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.
































































