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.
- Black-edge SedgeCarex nigromarginata
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Hitchcock's SedgeCarex hitchcockiana
- Leavenworth's SedgeCarex leavenworthii
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Oval-leaf SedgeCarex cephalophora
- Reflexed SedgeCarex retroflexa
- Rezniceks SedgeCarex reznicekii
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Ernests SpiderwortTradescantia ernestiana
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- Southern LoosestrifeLysimachia tonsa
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
- Slender IndiangrassSorghastrum elliottii
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Carolina LilyLilium michauxii
- Spring Forget-me-notMyosotis verna
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Combleaf Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria pectinata
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Rough HawkweedHieracium scabrum
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- American GromwellLithospermum latifolium
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Doubleform SnoutbeanRhynchosia difformis
- Heller's Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium helleri
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanum
- Bigleaf SnowbellStyrax grandifolius
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
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.