Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Level Bog 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
Larix laricina — tamarack, American larch — rare/not in SE MA
Picea mariana — black spruce — rare/not in SE MA
Shrub Layer
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla — bog rosemary — rare/not in SE MA
Chamaedaphne calyculata — leatherleaf, cassandra
Kalmia angustifolia — sheep laurel
Kalmia polifolia — bog laurel — rare/not in SE MA
Rhododendron canadense — rhodora — rare/not in SE MA
Rhododendron groenlandicum — Labrador tea — rare/not in SE MA
Vaccinium corymbosum — highbush blueberry
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Drosera intermedia — spoonleaf sundew
Drosera rotundifolia — roundleaf sundew
Sarracenia purpurea — purple pitcherplant
Vaccinium macrocarpon — American cranberry, large cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos — small cranberry