Habitat in Arkansas
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 223
- Birds
- 134
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Shortleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium ensifolium subsp. curtifolium
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Bog Witch GrassDichanthelium lucidum
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Starry Solomons PumeMaianthemum stellatum
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Floating Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
- Shield Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Looseflower Water-willowJusticia ovata
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- Spreading BulrushScirpus divaricatus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 134
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
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.