Red Maple Swamp
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 rubrum
— red maple
— DOMINANT Betula alleghaniensis
— yellow birch Chamaecyparis thyoides
— Atlantic white cedar Fraxinus americana
— white ash Nyssa sylvatica
— tupelo, black gum Pinus strobus
— white pine Quercus bicolor
— swamp white oak Quercus palustris
— pin oak
— NON-NATIVE
— native in western MA Tsuga canadensis
— eastern hemlock Ulmus americana
— American elm, white elm Shrub Layer Alnus incana ssp. rugosa
— speckled alder Clethra alnifolia
— sweet pepperbush Ilex verticillata
— common winterberry Lindera benzoin
— spicebush Rhododendron viscosum
— swamp azalea Smilax rotundifolia
— catbrier, bullbrier Toxicodendron vernix
— poison sumac Vaccinium corymbosum
— highbush blueberry Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum
— northern arrowwood Viburnum lentago
— nannyberry, sweet viburnum Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers) Dryopteris carthusiana
— spinulose wood fern Onoclea sensibilis
— sensitive fern Osmunda regalis
— royal fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
— cinnamon fern Symplocarpus foetidus
— skunk cabbage Thelypteris palustris
— marsh fern |
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