The Mississippi River forms most of Arkansas's eastern border, except in Clay and Greene counties where the St. Francis River forms the western boundary of the Missouri Bootheel, and in dozens of places where the current channel of the Mississippi has meandered from where it had last been legally specified. Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri, its eastern border with Tennessee and Mississippi, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma.
Arkansas is a land of mountains and valleys, thick forests and fertile plains. The so-called Lowlands are better known by names of their two regions, the Delta and the Grand Prairie. The Arkansas Delta is a flat landscape of rich alluvial soils formed by repeated flooding of the adjacent Mississippi. Further away from the river, in the southeast portion of the state, the Grand Prairie consists of a more undulating landscape. Both are fertile agricultural areas.
The Delta region is bisected by an unusual geological formation known as Crowley's Ridge. A narrow band of rolling hills, Crowley's Ridge rises from 250 to 500 feet (150 m) above the surrounding alluvial plain and underlies many of the major towns of eastern Arkansas.
Northwest Arkansas is part of the Ozark Plateau including the Boston Mountains, to the south are the Ouachita Mountains and these regions are divided by the Arkansas River; the southern and eastern parts of Arkansas are called the Lowlands. All of these mountains ranges are part of the U.S. Interior Highlands region, the only major mountainous region between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains. The highest point in the state is Mount Magazine in the Ozark Mountains; it rises to 2,753 feet (839 m) above sea level.
Arkansas is home to many caves, such as Blanchard Springs Caverns. It is currently the only U.S. state in which diamonds are mined.
Arkansas Landscaping Resources
Fruits
Fruits
and Pecans - Oklahoma State University
Landscape and Ornamentals
The Garden Web
Garden.com
Garvan Woodland
Gardens
National
Gardening
Arkansas Christmas Tree Growers
Association
Arkansas
Farm Bureau
Plant
Hardiness Zone Map is of great importance to all gardeners to help them make
the correct plant material choices for their zones.
American
Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map - The Heat Zone Map indicates the point at which plants start physiologically
suffering from long periods of heat.
GardeningPlaces.com
color-coded heat zone map by state.
Vegetables
The American Gourd Society
MSUCares: Home &
Family: Housing
- Excessive housing costs affect all households especially young families,
single-parent families and the elderly who are ether trying to buy a home or
find an affordable place to rent. For most families, buying adequate housing is
the single largest investment each will make in a lifetime. The resources
contained on the web site emphasize: housing affordability based on the family budget,
proper maintenance and upkeep, maintaining safe and secure surroundings,
and resources for more housing information
Healthy
Homes Webtool Healthy Homes Webtool. Created by the University of
Wisconsin at Madison, this is an excellent source of home safety information
with emphasis on children. The Webtool addresses indoor environmental dangers
as well as pesticide and household product safety.
Other Links of Interest
University of Arkansas
Department of Horticulture
Agriculture in
Arkansas - The Agriculture in Arkansas web site was created for the people
of Arkansas by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. On this
site you will find links to organizations offering services to the agriculture
industry of our state.
Naturally Arkansas
- The Arkansas Agricullture Product Market, developed by
the Arkansas State Plant Board, to help potential buyers locate Arkansas
producers and Arkansas products.
Arkansas State
Plant Board
AR Gardener Magazine
Daylily
Rust Information Page
Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
National
Agricultural Pest Information System
National
Plant Board
Nebraska
Cooperative Extension Service - Daylily Rust Information USGS
- Butterflies of North America
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