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 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.



































