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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 152
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Mullein FoxgloveDasistoma macrophyllum
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Blackberry-lilyBelamcanda chinensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 21
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Near water in this habitat 3
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
Widespread birds also seen here (72)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick's Wren
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Harris's Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Indigo Bunting
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- 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
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- 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)
- Snake-den-ridge-trail-gsmnp2, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.































