Ring-necked Duck in Arkansas

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 6

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods; Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Other habitats in its models (54)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (37)

Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.

Northeast (4)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Winter.

Land cover and other classes (13)

Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

Migratory: does not nest here, in 33 of 75 counties.
Winter: does not nest here, in 59 of 75 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 150

Mohlenbrock's Umbrella-sedge
Cyperus grayoides
Native
One Flower Flat Sedge
Cyperus retroflexus
Grass or sedge. Native
Pine-barren Flatsedge
Cyperus retrorsus
Grass or sedge. Native
Baldwins Flat Sedge
Cyperus croceus
Grass or sedge. Native
Bearded Flatsedge
Cyperus squarrosus
Grass or sedge. Native
Bristly Flatsedge
Cyperus hystricinus
Grass or sedge. Native
Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis
Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis
Grass or sedge. Native
Cyperus retrorsus var. retrorsus
Cyperus retrorsus var. retrorsus
Grass or sedge. Native
Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
Grass or sedge. Native
Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
Grass or sedge. Native
Great Plains Flatsedge
Cyperus lupulinus
Grass or sedge. Native
Green Flatsedge
Cyperus virens
Grass or sedge. Native
Many-spike Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
Grass or sedge. Native
Manyflower Flatsedge
Cyperus lancastriensis
Grass or sedge. Native
Marsh Flatsedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus
Grass or sedge. Native
Plukenet's Flatsedge
Cyperus plukenetii
Grass or sedge. Native
Redroot Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Grass or sedge. Native
Reflexed Flatsedge
Cyperus refractus
Grass or sedge. Native
Rough Flatsedge
Cyperus retrofractus
Grass or sedge. Native
Sheathed Flatsedge
Cyperus haspan
Grass or sedge. Native
Slender Flatsedge
Cyperus bipartitus
Grass or sedge. Native
Straw-colored Flatsedge
Cyperus strigosus
Grass or sedge. Native
Tapertip Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
Grass or sedge. Native
Yellow Flatsedge
Cyperus flavescens
Grass or sedge. Native

Plant genera in its diet records (28)

Cyperus Seeds and roots. 6 diet records. 25 native plants in Arkansas
Scirpus Seeds. 6 diet records. 6 native plants in Arkansas
Eleocharis 5 diet records. 21 native plants in Arkansas
Potamogeton Seeds. 5 diet records. 10 native plants in Arkansas
Ceratophyllum Seeds. 4 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Lachnanthes Seeds and roots. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
Myriophyllum Seeds. 4 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Polygonum Seeds. 4 diet records. 5 native plants in Arkansas
Chara Other parts. 3 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
Echinochloa Seeds. 3 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Phalaris Seeds. 3 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Bolboschoenus Seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Brasenia 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Nymphaea Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Panicum Seeds. 2 diet records. 12 native plants in Arkansas
Persicaria Seeds. 2 diet records. 11 native plants in Arkansas
Pinus 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Ruppia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
Sparganium Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Stuckenia Roots. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Zea Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
Boehmeria 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Chenopodium Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
Hypericum 1 diet record. 19 native plants in Arkansas
Lemna Leaves. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Arkansas
Leptochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
Morella 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Sagittaria Roots. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Arkansas

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.