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 0
Near water in this habitat 6
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
- SoraPorzana carolina
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Widespread birds also seen here (47)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Great Horned Owl
- Harris's Sparrow
- Indigo Bunting
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Prairie Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tree Swallow
- 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.









































