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
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.













































































