Habitat in Arkansas
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 174
- Birds
- 70
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 174
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- European SweetflagAcorus calamus
- Giant ArrowheadSagittaria montevidensis
- Mexican Primrose-willowLudwigia octovalvis
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Indian JointvetchAeschynomene indica
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Asian RiceOryza sativa
- Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Scarlet Wisteria-treeSesbania punicea
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 25
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- King RailRallus elegans
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
Widespread birds also seen here (45)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick's Wren
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Mallard
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Prairie Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- 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.












































