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.
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Ohio SpiderwortTradescantia ohiensis
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Starry RosinweedSilphium asteriscus var. asteriscus
- White SagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Deer-tongue WitchgrassDichanthelium clandestinum
- Heller's WitchgrassDichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes
- Many-flowered WitchgrassDichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. isophyllum
- Needleleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium aciculare
- Tapered Leaf Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum
- Velvet WitchgrassDichanthelium scoparium
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- Slender Scratch-daisyCroptilon divaricatum
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Inland RushJuncus interior
- Largeseed Forget-me-notMyosotis macrosperma
- Spring Forget-me-notMyosotis verna
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Forked RushJuncus dichotomus
- Roundhead RushJuncus validus
- Whiteroot RushJuncus brachycarpus
- Georgia BulrushScirpus georgianus
- Narrow PlumegrassErianthus strictus
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- Canada ToadflaxNuttallanthus canadensis
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Cusp DodderCuscuta cuspidata
- Green FlatsedgeCyperus virens
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Marsh FlatsedgeCyperus pseudovegetus
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Redroot FlatsedgeCyperus erythrorhizos
- Rough FlatsedgeCyperus retrofractus
- Sleepy CatchflySilene antirrhina
- Yellow FlatsedgeCyperus flavescens
- Azure BluetHoustonia caerulea
- Rose BluetHoustonia rosea
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
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.





















































