Coastal Forest/Woodland
Community
[Fact Sheet]
— State Rank S4 Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet. Tree Layer Acer rubrum
— red maple Fagus grandifolia
— American beech Ilex opaca
— American holly Juniperus virginiana
— eastern red cedar Nyssa sylvatica
— tupelo, black gum Pinus rigida
— pitch pine Pinus strobus
— white pine Prunus serotina
— black cherry Quercus alba
— white oak Quercus coccinea
— scarlet oak Quercus montana
— chestnut oak Quercus stellata
— post oak
— RARE (WL)
Quercus velutina
— black oak Sassafras albidum
— sassafras Shrub Layer Clethra alnifolia
— sweet pepperbush Gaylussacia baccata
— black huckleberry Parthenocissus quinquefolia
— Virginia creeper Smilax spp.
— catbrier, sawbrier Toxicodendron radicans
— poison ivy Vaccinium pallidum
— hillside blueberry, dryland blueberry Vitis spp.
— grapes Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers) Aralia nudicaulis
— wild sarsaparilla Carex pensylvanica
— Pennsylvania sedge Gaultheria procumbens
— wintergreen, checkerberry, eastern teaberry Pteridium aquilinum
— bracken fern Vaccinium angustifolium
— lowbush blueberry |
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