Habitat in Arkansas
Dry forests and woodlands
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine. Schafale
- Plants
- 152
- Birds
- 96
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- White OakQuercus alba
- Allegheny ChinquapinCastanea pumila
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesquianum
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia bracteata
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Prairie RoseRosa arkansana
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- St. Andrew's-crossHypericum hypericoides
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Large Spotted St. JohnswortHypericum pseudomaculatum
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Naked Tick-trefoilDesmodium nudiflorum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Sessileleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium sessilifolium
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Mobile OnionAllium canadense var. mobilense
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Violet WoodsorrelOxalis violacea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 86
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Near water in this habitat 10
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.