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 0
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.
















































