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 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.
































