Red Maple - Black Gum 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 Betula alleghaniensis
— yellow birch Fraxinus nigra
— black ash Nyssa sylvatica
— tupelo, black gum Picea rubens
— red spruce Pinus strobus
— white pine Tsuga canadensis
— eastern hemlock Shrub Layer Ilex laevigata
— smooth winterberry Ilex mucronata
— catberry Ilex verticillata
— common winterberry Kalmia latifolia
— mountain laurel Vaccinium corymbosum
— highbush blueberry Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
— wild raisin, witherod Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers) Bidens frondosa
— beggar-ticks Carex intumescens
— bladder or swamp sedge Carex stricta
— tussock sedge Carex trisperma
— three-seeded sedge Coptis trifolia
— three-leaf goldthread Lycopus uniflorus
— tuberous water-horehound Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
— royal fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
— cinnamon fern Rubus hispidus
— bristly dewberry Thelypteris palustris
— marsh fern Thelypteris simulata
— Massachusetts fern Triadenum virginicum
— marsh St. John's-wort |
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