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.
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- European WatercloverMarsilea quadrifolia
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Sacred LotusNelumbo nucifera
- Umbrella Flat SedgeCyperus diandrus
- Yellow Floating-heartNymphoides peltata
- Dwarf-burheadEchinodorus tenellus
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Lake CressRorippa aquatica
- Lawn Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Striped BladderwortUtricularia striata
- Chicken-spikeSphenoclea zeylanica
- Fragrant SpikesedgeKyllinga odorata
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Ludwigia grandifloraLudwigia grandiflora
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Brittle WaternymphNajas minor
- Eurasian Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Asian RiceOryza sativa
- Dotted DuckmeatSpirodela punctata
- Brazilian WaterweedEgeria densa
- Giant SalviniaSalvinia molesta
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
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.
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
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.







































































