Habitat in Arkansas
Forests and woodlands
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry. Schafale
- Plants
- 508
- Birds
- 66
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 508
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Tall ThoroughwortEupatorium altissimum
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Pear HawthornCrataegus calpodendron
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Hyssopleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium
- Limerock Arrow WoodViburnum bracteatum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Striped Cream VioletViola striata
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Woolly CrotonCroton capitatus
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Rezniceks SedgeCarex reznicekii
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- American HazelnutCorylus americana
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
- Cylindric-fruit SeedboxLudwigia glandulosa
- Mountain Golden-AlexandersZizia trifoliata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 10
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Near water in this habitat 1
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
Widespread birds also seen here (55)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- European Starling
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- 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
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Summer Tanager
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- 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.


















































