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
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.