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
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
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.