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
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.