Shrub 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 Betula populifolia
— gray birch Frangula alnus
— glossy buckthorn
— INVASIVE
Pinus strobus
— white pine Rhamnus alnifolia
— alder-leaf buckthorn Shrub Layer Alnus incana ssp. rugosa
— speckled alder Alnus serrulata
— smooth alder, common alder Cephalanthus occidentalis
— common buttonbush Ilex verticillata
— common winterberry Lindera benzoin
— spicebush Lyonia ligustrina
— maleberry Myrica gale
— sweet gale Rhododendron viscosum
— swamp azalea Salix discolor
— large pussy willow Salix nigra
— black willow Spiraea alba var. latifolia
— meadowsweet Spiraea tomentosa
— steeplebush Swida amomum
— silky dogwood Toxicodendron vernix
— poison sumac Viburnum dentatum
— northern arrowwood Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers) Calamagrostis canadensis
— Canada bluejoint Carex spp.
— sedges Chelone glabra
— white turtlehead Clematis virginiana
— virgin's-bower Decodon verticillatus
— swamp loosestrife, waterwillow Lysimachia terrestris
— swamp candles Lythrum salicaria
— purple loosestrife
— INVASIVE
Onoclea sensibilis
— sensitive fern Osmunda regalis
— royal fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
— cinnamon fern Phalaris arundinacea
— reed
canarygrass
— INVASIVE
Pilea pumila
— clearweed, richweed Rubus hispidus
— bristly dewberry Sagittaria latifolia
— common arrowhead Sanguisorba canadensis
— Canadian burnet, American burnet Sparganium spp.
— bur-reed Symplocarpus foetidus
— skunk cabbage Thelypteris palustris
— marsh fern |
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