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 0
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.










