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.

Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hairy-jointed Meadow-parsnip
Thaspium barbinode
Wildflower or fern. Native
New York Fern
Amauropelta noveboracensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Plain Gentian
Gentiana flavida
Wildflower or fern. Native
Silky Camellia
Stewartia malacodendron
Tree. Native
Wild Comfrey
Cynoglossum virginianum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Showy Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium reginae
Wildflower or fern. Native
Bushs Muhly
Muhlenbergia bushii
Grass or sedge. Native
Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Grass or sedge. Native
Purple Fringeless Orchid
Platanthera peramoena
Wildflower or fern. Native
Slim-flower Muhly
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
Grass or sedge. Native
Woodland Muhly
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
Grass or sedge. Native
Royal Fern
Osmunda spectabilis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sessile Trillium
Trillium sessile
Wildflower or fern. Native
Wood Anemone
Anemone quinquefolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Columbo
Frasera caroliniensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Beaked Cornsalad
Valerianella radiata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sessile-leaf Bellwort
Uvularia sessilifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Indian-pipe
Monotropa uniflora
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Snakeroot
Aristolochia serpentaria
Wildflower or fern. Native
Bearded Shorthusk
Brachyelytrum erectum
Grass or sedge. Native
Green-violet
Hybanthus concolor
Wildflower or fern. Native
Small's Black-snakeroot
Sanicula smallii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Yellow Star-grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Anemone acutiloba
Wildflower or fern. Native
Bowman's-root
Gillenia trifoliata
Shrub. Native
Eastern Leatherwood
Dirca palustris
Shrub. Native
Round-lobed Hepatica
Anemone americana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Yellow Fumewort
Corydalis flavula
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius
Wildflower or fern. Native
Fourleaf Wild Yam
Dioscorea quaternata
Vine. Native
Hairy-fruit Chervil
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Wildflower or fern. Native
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
One-seed Bur-cucumber
Sicyos angulatus
Vine. Native
Shiny Wedgescale
Sphenopholis nitida
Grass or sedge. Native
Silvery Spleenwort
Deparia acrostichoides
Wildflower or fern. Native
Yellow Yam
Dioscorea villosa
Vine. Native
Carolina Coralbead
Cocculus carolinus
Vine. Native
Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
Wildflower or fern. Native
False Rue-anemone
Enemion biternatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Southern Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina subsp. asplenioides
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Stickseed
Hackelia virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hedgehog Woodrush
Luzula echinata
Grass or sedge. Native
White-flowered Leafcup
Polymnia canadensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Littlehead Nutrush
Scleria oligantha
Grass or sedge. 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.