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.
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Lake CressRorippa aquatica
- Hairy SeedboxLudwigia pilosa
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Dotted DuckmeatSpirodela punctata
- Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
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.
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- RedheadAythya americana
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
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.




































































