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.
- Black Highbush BlueberryVaccinium fuscatum
- Smallflower BlueberryVaccinium virgatum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Dense-flower SmartweedPersicaria densiflora
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Fringed SedgeCarex crinita
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Weak Stellate SedgeCarex seorsa
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus hispidus var. nitidus
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Shield Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- Spreading BulrushScirpus divaricatus
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- American MistletoePhoradendron leucarpum
- Eastern Swamp PrivetForestiera acuminata
- Planer-treePlanera aquatica
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Southern Wood-fernDryopteris ludoviciana
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula var. strictula
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Coral GreenbrierSmilax walteri
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 80
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Widespread birds also seen here (54)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hooded Merganser
- Indigo Bunting
- 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
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- 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.





































































