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.
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Trifoliate OrangePoncirus trifoliata
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 52
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
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.






















































