Habitat in Arkansas
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals. Schafale
- Plants
- 199
- Birds
- 129
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 199
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Blue Mud PlantainHeteranthera limosa
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesquianum
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Whitemouth DayflowerCommelina erecta var. erecta
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Woolly Dutchman's-pipeIsotrema tomentosum
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella oppositifolia var. repens
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Widespread birds also seen here (77)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick's Wren
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Harris's Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Indigo Bunting
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Mallard
- Mississippi Kite
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- 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.



































