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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 313
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Woolly Dutchman's-pipeIsotrema tomentosum
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella oppositifolia var. repens
- Dixie Wood-fernDryopteris australis
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Annual HonestyLunaria annua
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Chinese FountaingrassPennisetum alopecuroides
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 80
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
Widespread birds also seen here (81)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick's Wren
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- 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
- Mallard
- Mississippi Kite
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Tree Swallow
- 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-crowned Night-heron
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.

















































































