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.
- Mountain Golden-AlexandersZizia trifoliata
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Largeleaf PhloxPhlox amplifolia
- Virginia Virgin's-bowerClematis virginiana
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Carolina False-dandelionPyrrhopappus carolinianus
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
- Vasevine LeatherflowerClematis viorna
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Whitemouth DayflowerCommelina erecta var. erecta
- Nodding Rattlesnake-rootPrenanthes crepidinea
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Riverbank Wild-ryeElymus riparius
- Virginia Wild-ryeElymus virginicus
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Nottoway Valley BromeBromus nottowayanus
- Early Meadow-rueThalictrum dioicum
- Rue AnemoneThalictrum thalictroides
- Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- White Leaf Mountain MintPycnanthemum albescens
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Cutleaf ToothwortCardamine concatenata
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Forkleaf ToothwortCardamine dissecta
- Limestone BittercressCardamine douglassii
- Slender ToothwortCardamine angustata
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Two-leaved ToothwortCardamine diphylla
- Woodland AgrimonyAgrimonia rostellata
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Carolina Spring-beautyClaytonia caroliniana
- Slender BunchflowerMelanthium latifolium
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
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.