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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 143
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Creeping Love GrassNeeragrostis reptans
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Creeping Manna GrassGlyceria acutiflora
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Vahl's FimbryFimbristylis vahlii
- Upright BurheadEchinodorus berteroi
- Ovate Leaf False FiddleleafHydrolea ovata
- Blue Mud PlantainHeteranthera limosa
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- American PillwortPilularia americana
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 61
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
Widespread birds also seen here (17)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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.







































