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 Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Grass or sedge. Native
Spotted Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Hop-hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Tree. Native
Eastern Fox Sedge
Carex triangularis
Grass or sedge. Native
Northern Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Shrub. Native
Tinted Spurge
Euphorbia commutata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
Shrub. Native
Nuttall's Hedge-nettle
Stachys nuttallii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
Grass or sedge. Native
James's Sedge
Carex jamesii
Grass or sedge. Native
Rich-woods Sedge
Carex oligocarpa
Grass or sedge. Native
Violet Woodsorrel
Oxalis violacea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Grass or sedge. Native
Carey's Sedge
Carex careyana
Grass or sedge. Native
Carolina Sedge
Carex caroliniana
Grass or sedge. Native
Drooping Sedge
Carex prasina
Grass or sedge. Native
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Grass or sedge. Native
Fibrous-root Sedge
Carex communis
Grass or sedge. Native
Flat Spiked Sedge
Carex planispicata
Grass or sedge. Native
Frank's Sedge
Carex frankii
Grass or sedge. Native
Frightful Sedge
Carex molestiformis
Grass or sedge. Native
Fuzzy Wuzzy Sedge
Carex hirsutella
Grass or sedge. Native
Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
Grass or sedge. Native
Hitchcock's Sedge
Carex hitchcockiana
Grass or sedge. Native
Krals Sedge
Carex kraliana
Grass or sedge. Native
Midland Sedge
Carex mesochorea
Grass or sedge. Native
Mountain Silverbell
Halesia tetraptera
Tree. Native
Oval-leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
Grass or sedge. Native
Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa
Grass or sedge. Native
Rezniceks Sedge
Carex reznicekii
Grass or sedge. Native
Thicket Sedge
Carex abscondita
Grass or sedge. Native
Widow Sedge
Carex basiantha
Grass or sedge. Native
Willdenow's Sedge
Carex willdenowii
Grass or sedge. Native
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Shrub. Native
Heartleaf Peppervine
Ampelopsis cordata
Vine. Native
Running Strawberry-bush
Euonymus obovatus
Shrub. Native
Trailing Loosestrife
Lysimachia radicans
Wildflower or fern. Native
Climbing Hydrangea
Decumaria barbara
Native
Common Golden-Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora
Tree. Native
Flowering Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis florida
Wildflower or fern. Native
Dwarf Larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
Wildflower or fern. Native
Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Kidneyleaf Buttercup
Ranunculus abortivus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Lowland Loosestrife
Lysimachia hybrida
Wildflower or fern. Native
Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus
Wildflower or fern. Native

Wildlife

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

Birds 74

Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Year-round
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Year-round
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Winter
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Winter
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Year-round
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Year-round
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Year-round
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Winter, beside its main habitat
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Winter
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Summer
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Year-round
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Year-round
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Winter
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Winter
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Summer
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
Summer
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Winter
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
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.