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.
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Bushy GoldentopEuthamia leptocephala
- Susquehanna CherryPrunus pumila var. susquehanae
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Prairie GoldenrodOligoneuron album
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Carolina ThistleCirsium carolinianum
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Showy Evening-primroseOenothera grandis
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Hoary VervainVerbena stricta
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Woolly CrotonCroton capitatus
- Autumn OnionAllium stellatum
- Barren St. JohnswortHypericum sphaerocarpum
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 75
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 13
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
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.



















































































