Mixed Oak Forest/Woodland
Community
[Fact Sheet]
— State Rank S5 Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet. Tree Layer Acer pensylvanicum
— striped maple
— NON-NATIVE
Acer rubrum
— red maple Acer spicatum
— mountain-maple Amelanchier spp.
— shadbushes Betula lenta
— sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch Betula papyrifera
— paper birch Betula populifolia
— gray birch Pinus strobus
— white pine Quercus alba
— white oak Quercus coccinea
— scarlet oak Quercus montana
— chestnut oak Quercus rubra
— northern red oak Quercus velutina
— black oak Shrub Layer Castanea dentata
— American chestnut Gaylussacia baccata
— black huckleberry Hamamelis virginiana
— witch-hazel Kalmia latifolia
— mountain laurel Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers) Aralia nudicaulis
— wild sarsaparilla Carex pensylvanica
— Pennsylvania sedge Vaccinium angustifolium
— lowbush blueberry Vaccinium pallidum
— hillside blueberry, dryland blueberry |
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