Habitat in Arkansas
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 143
- Birds
- 78
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Mudbank CrowngrassPaspalum dissectum
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Roundhead RushJuncus validus
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Whiteroot RushJuncus brachycarpus
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 78
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
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.