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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 227
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Veiny Lined AsterSymphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum
- Autumn FernDryopteris erythrosora
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- White MulberryMorus alba
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Dame's RocketHesperis matronalis
- Amur HoneysuckleLonicera maackii
- WineberryRubus phoenicolasius
- Chinese PrivetLigustrum sinense
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 14
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
Widespread birds also seen here (68)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Harris's Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Mississippi Kite
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park1, Clarinetguy097 habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.













































