Habitat in Arkansas
Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock
Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
- Prairie GoldenrodOligoneuron album
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
- Hairy Mock-orangePhiladelphus hirsutus
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Composite DropseedSporobolus compositus var. compositus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Arkansas yet.
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.