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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 223
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Climbing HydrangeaDecumaria barbara
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Shortleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium ensifolium subsp. curtifolium
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Starry Solomons PumeMaianthemum stellatum
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Spring AvensGeum vernum
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- Ovate Leaf False FiddleleafHydrolea ovata
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Twoleaf MiterwortMitella diphylla
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Fen OrchidLiparis loeselii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 63
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Widespread birds also seen here (71)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- 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
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Indigo Bunting
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Mallard
- Mississippi Kite
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- 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)
- The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.





















































