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.
- Carolina VetchVicia caroliniana
- Gattingers HawthornCrataegus gattingeri
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Bracted VervainVerbena bracteata
- Hoary VervainVerbena stricta
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- Cutleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis angulata
- Virginia Ground-cherryPhysalis virginiana
- Dwarf CinquefoilPotentilla canadensis
- Large Spotted St. JohnswortHypericum pseudomaculatum
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Woolly PlantainPlantago patagonica
- Common CinquefoilPotentilla simplex
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Meadow GarlicAllium canadense
- Rough CinquefoilPotentilla norvegica
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- Spotted St. John's-wortHypericum punctatum
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- American SpikenardAralia racemosa
- Eastern Fox SedgeCarex triangularis
- Indian-hempApocynum cannabinum
- Bicknell's SedgeCarex opaca
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Glomerate SedgeCarex aggregata
- Greenish-white SedgeCarex albolutescens
- Heavy SedgeCarex gravida
- Intermediate DogbaneApocynum × floribundum
- Low RattleboxCrotalaria rotundifolia
- Parasol SedgeCarex umbellata
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
- Upright Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
- Pink Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles umbellata
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
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.










































































