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.
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Spreading SedgeCarex laxiculmis
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Coastal Plain SedgeCarex crebriflora
- Eastern Narrowleaf SedgeCarex amphibola
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Flat Spiked SedgeCarex planispicata
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Frightful SedgeCarex molestiformis
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Greenish-white SedgeCarex albolutescens
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Limestone Meadow SedgeCarex granularis
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
- Prune-fruit SedgeCarex corrugata
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Climbing HydrangeaDecumaria barbara
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Common PawpawAsimina triloba
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Common Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Smooth PhloxPhlox glaberrima
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.