Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Atlantic White Cedar Bog 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 populifolia — gray birch
Chamaecyparis thyoides — Atlantic white cedar — RARE (dominant)
Picea mariana — black spruce — western and central MA
Pinus rigida — pitch pine
Pinus strobus — white pine
Shrub Layer
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla — bog rosemary — absent in SE MA
Chamaedaphne calyculata — leatherleaf, cassandra
Gaylussacia baccata — black huckleberry
Gaylussacia bigeloviana — bog huckleberry
Kalmia angustifolia — sheep laurel
Rhododendron canadense — rhodora — absent in SE MA
Rhododendron viscosum — swamp azalea
Vaccinium corymbosum — highbush blueberry
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Drosera spp. — sundews
Sarracenia purpurea — purple pitcherplant
Vaccinium macrocarpon — American cranberry, large cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos — small cranberry
Woodwardia virginica — Virginia chain fern