Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Highbush Blueberry Thicket Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S4
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
Chamaedaphne calyculata — leatherleaf, cassandra
Clethra alnifolia — sweet pepperbush
Gaylussacia bigeloviana — bog huckleberry
Ilex verticillata — common winterberry
Kalmia angustifolia — sheep laurel
Rhododendron viscosum — swamp azalea
Vaccinium corymbosum — highbush blueberry
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Calla palustris — water-arum
Dulichium arundinaceum — three-way sedge
Lycopus uniflorus — tuberous water-horehound
Maianthemum trifolium — three-leaved false Solomon's seal — RARE (WL)
Onoclea sensibilis — sensitive fern
Osmunda regalis — royal fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum — cinnamon fern
Sarracenia purpurea — purple pitcherplant
Thelypteris palustris — marsh fern
Triadenum virginicum — marsh St. John's-wort
Woodwardia virginica — Virginia chain fern