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.
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Palespike LobeliaLobelia spicata
- Roundseed WitchgrassDichanthelium sphaerocarpon
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- Woolly WitchgrassDichanthelium scabriusculum
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Indian-tobaccoLobelia inflata
- Vasevine LeatherflowerClematis viorna
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Wavyleaf Purple ConeflowerEchinacea simulata
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. australis
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Kunth's Maiden-fernPelazoneuron kunthii
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- American ColumboFrasera caroliniensis
- Carolina AnemoneAnemone caroliniana
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Green-violetHybanthus concolor
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
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.






































