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.
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Plain GentianGentiana flavida
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Prairie Rose-gentianSabatia campestris
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Pitted JointgrassCoelorachis cylindrica
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Openfield SedgeCarex conoidea
- Southern SedgeCarex austrina
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Nodding Rattlesnake-rootPrenanthes crepidinea
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
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.











































































