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.
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Alabama RosinweedSilphium asperrimum
- Buffalo GrassBuchloe dactyloides
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- Purple Prairie CloverDalea purpurea
- Slender VervainVerbena rigida
- Smut-grassSporobolus indicus
- Veiny Lined AsterSymphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum
- White Prairie CloverDalea candida
- Boykins Cluster PeaLackeya multiflora
- Texas BluegrassPoa arachnifera
- Wedgeleaf DrabaDraba cuneifolia
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- Silverleaf NightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 35
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
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
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.






































































