Habitat in Arkansas
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
- Plants
- 187
- Birds
- 88
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 187
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Bristly ScaleseedSpermolepis echinata
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Bumpy Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium pruinosum
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Heart Leaf NoseburnTragia cordata
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Prairie GoldenrodOligoneuron album
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Woolly CrotonCroton capitatus
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Crawes SedgeCarex crawei
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Bush's SedgeCarex bushii
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Wavyleaf Purple ConeflowerEchinacea simulata
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. australis
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 39
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
Near water in this habitat 10
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Widespread birds also seen here (39)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Brown Thrasher
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Great Horned Owl
- Harris's Sparrow
- Indigo Bunting
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.




















































































