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.
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- Eastern Fox SedgeCarex triangularis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Nuttall's Hedge-nettleStachys nuttallii
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Rich-woods SedgeCarex oligocarpa
- Violet WoodsorrelOxalis violacea
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Carey's SedgeCarex careyana
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
- Eastern Star SedgeCarex radiata
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Flat Spiked SedgeCarex planispicata
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Frightful SedgeCarex molestiformis
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Hitchcock's SedgeCarex hitchcockiana
- Krals SedgeCarex kraliana
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
- Oval-leaf SedgeCarex cephalophora
- Reflexed SedgeCarex retroflexa
- Rezniceks SedgeCarex reznicekii
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Widow SedgeCarex basiantha
- Willdenow's SedgeCarex willdenowii
- American HazelnutCorylus americana
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Running Strawberry-bushEuonymus obovatus
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- Climbing HydrangeaDecumaria barbara
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Dwarf PawpawAsimina parviflora
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Dwarf LarkspurDelphinium tricorne
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Lowland LoosestrifeLysimachia hybrida
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 74
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
Near water in this habitat 12
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.