Habitat in Arkansas
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 313
- Birds
- 161
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
- Appalachian Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida var. umbrosa
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- JumpseedPersicaria virginiana
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus vitacea
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Meadow GarlicAllium canadense
- Rough CinquefoilPotentilla norvegica
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Eastern WahooEuonymus atropurpureus
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Nuttall's Hedge-nettleStachys nuttallii
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Smooth Hedge-nettleStachys tenuifolia
- Wolf's BluegrassPoa wolfii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 161
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
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.