Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Acidic Shrub Fen Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S3
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Tree Layer
Acer rubrum — red maple
Shrub Layer
Alnus spp. — alders
Chamaedaphne calyculata — leatherleaf, cassandra
Clethra alnifolia — sweet pepperbush
Decodon verticillatus — swamp loosestrife, waterwillow
Myrica gale — sweet gale
Vaccinium corymbosum — highbush blueberry
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Carex spp. — sedges
Eriophorum spp. — cotton-grass
Hypericum spp. — St. John's-wort
Rhynchospora spp. — beak rushes, bald sedges, horned sedges
Sagittaria spp. — arrowhead