Wood 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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SummerWinterWest 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.

SummerWinter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

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

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.

SummerWinterLower 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.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

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

Other habitats in its models (57)

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

In Arkansas 1

Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.

Elsewhere in the South (27)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer and winter.
Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer and winter.

Northeast (3)

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

Land cover and other classes (26)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

Year-round: nests here, in all 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 181

Paspalum plicatulum
Paspalum plicatulum
Native
Thin Crowngrass
Paspalum setaceum
Grass or sedge. Native
Bull Crowngrass
Paspalum boscianum
Grass or sedge. Native
Early Crowngrass
Paspalum praecox
Grass or sedge. Native
Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve
Grass or sedge. Native
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Grass or sedge. Native
Hairy Seed Paspalum
Paspalum pubiflorum var. glabrum
Grass or sedge. Native
Hairyseed Crowngrass
Paspalum pubiflorum
Grass or sedge. Native
Horsetail Crowngrass
Paspalum fluitans
Grass or sedge. Native
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Grass or sedge. Native
Mudbank Crowngrass
Paspalum dissectum
Grass or sedge. Native
Pitchfork Crowngrass
Paspalum bifidum
Grass or sedge. Native
Bushy Knotweed
Polygonum ramosissimum subsp. prolificum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Erect Knotweed
Polygonum erectum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pleatleaf Knotweed
Polygonum tenue
Wildflower or fern. Native
Prostrate Knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Wildflower or fern. Native
Tall Knotweed
Polygonum ramosissimum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Water-shield
Brasenia schreberi
Wildflower or fern. Native
Catchfly Cutgrass
Leersia lenticularis
Grass or sedge. Native
Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
Grass or sedge. Native
Southern Cutgrass
Leersia hexandra
Grass or sedge. Native
White Cutgrass
Leersia virginica
Grass or sedge. Native
Blunt Panicgrass
Panicum obtusum
Native
Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
Grass or sedge. Native

Plant genera in its diet records (30)

Paspalum Seeds. 4 diet records. 12 native plants in Arkansas
Polygonum Seeds. 4 diet records. 5 native plants in Arkansas
Aneilema Seeds. 3 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
Brasenia Seeds. 3 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Leersia Seeds. 3 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
Panicum Seeds. 3 diet records. 12 native plants in Arkansas
Potamogeton Leaves. 3 diet records. 10 native plants in Arkansas
Vitis Seeds. 3 diet records. 12 native plants in Arkansas
Bidens Seeds. 2 diet records. 7 native plants in Arkansas
Echinochloa Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Liquidambar Seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Nymphaea Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Quercus Seeds. 2 diet records. 31 native plants in Arkansas
Rubus Fruit. 2 diet records. 9 native plants in Arkansas
Sagittaria Roots. 2 diet records. 8 native plants in Arkansas
Scleria Seeds. 2 diet records. 9 native plants in Arkansas
Spirodela Leaves. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Taxodium Seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Acer Seeds. 1 diet record. 13 native plants in Arkansas
Boehmeria Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Cephalanthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Forestiera Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
Glycine Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
Lemna Seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Arkansas
Ludwigia Seeds. 1 diet record. 10 native plants in Arkansas
Planera Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Sassafras Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
Triadenum Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
Ulmus Seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Arkansas
Viburnum Seeds. 1 diet record. 9 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.