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
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- White IbisEudocimus albus
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.