Habitat in Arkansas

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale

Plants: 227
Birds: 86

Plants

Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Tree. Native
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
Shrub. Native
Heartleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Arrowleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Tree. Native
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Tree. Native
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Florida Maple
Acer floridanum
Tree. Native
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Arrow Wood
Viburnum recognitum
Tree. Native
Pear Hawthorn
Crataegus calpodendron
Tree. Native
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hollow Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Wildflower or fern. Native
Dark Indigo Bush
Amorpha nitens
Shrub. Native
Arrowleaf Violet
Viola sagittata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Crownbeard
Verbesina walteri
Wildflower or fern. Native
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Tree. Native
LeConte's Violet
Viola affinis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Shrub. Native
Striped Cream Violet
Viola striata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Granite Gooseberry
Ribes curvatum
Shrub. Native
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Tree. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Buckthorn Bumelia
Sideroxylon lycioides
Tree. Native
Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Prickly Gooseberry
Ribes cynosbati
Shrub. Native
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Tree. Native
Fewflower Tick-trefoil
Desmodium pauciflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Vitis cinerea
Vitis cinerea
Vine. Native
Thicket Creeper
Parthenocissus vitacea
Vine. Native
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vine. Native
Cat Greenbrier
Smilax glauca
Shrub. Native
Common Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
Vine. Native
Devil's-walkingstick
Aralia spinosa
Tree. Native
Early St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum
Shrub. Native
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Tree. Native
Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
Tree. Native
Naked Tick-trefoil
Desmodium nudiflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pointedleaf Tick-trefoil
Desmodium glutinosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Carrion-flower
Smilax herbacea
Vine. Native
Umbrella Magnolia
Magnolia tripetala
Tree. Native
Blue Ridge Carrion-flower
Smilax lasioneura
Vine. Native
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Shrub. Native
Narrowleaf Ramps
Allium tricoccum var. burdickii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pale Jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
Wildflower or fern. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 74

Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
Summer, beside its main habitat
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Year-round
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Year-round, beside its main habitat
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Year-round
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Year-round
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Year-round
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Year-round
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Summer
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Year-round
Black-and-White Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Year-round
Black-throated Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Summer
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Summer
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Year-round
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Year-round
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Winter
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Year-round
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Winter
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Year-round
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Year-round
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Summer
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Summer
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Year-round
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Year-round
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Summer, beside its main habitat
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Year-round
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Year-round
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Year-round
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Winter
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Summer
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Year-round
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Summer
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Winter, beside its main habitat
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Winter
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Year-round
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Year-round
Harris's Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula
Winter
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Winter
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Summer
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Summer
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Winter
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Summer
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Year-round
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Year-round
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Year-round
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Year-round
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Winter

Near water in this habitat 12

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.