Coastal Atlantic White Cedar Swamp
Community
[Fact Sheet]
— State Rank S2 Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet. Tree Layer Acer rubrum
— red maple Chamaecyparis thyoides
— Atlantic white cedar
— DOMINANT Pinus rigida
— pitch pine Pinus strobus
— white pine Tsuga canadensis
— eastern hemlock Shrub Layer Clethra alnifolia
— sweet pepperbush Eubotrys racemosa
— swamp sweetbells Gaylussacia frondosa
— blue huckleberry, dangleberry Ilex glabra
— inkberry Kalmia angustifolia
— sheep laurel Rhododendron viscosum
— swamp azalea Smilax rotundifolia
— catbrier, bullbrier Vaccinium corymbosum
— highbush blueberry Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers) Aralia nudicaulis
— wild sarsaparilla
— prostrate woody vine Lysimachia borealis
— American starflower
— syn.: Trientalis borealis Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
— cinnamon fern Woodwardia areolata
— netted chain fern Woodwardia virginica
— Virginia chain fern |
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