Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Maritime Forest/Woodland 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
Carya spp. — hickories
Celtis occidentalis — common hackberry
Fagus grandifolia — American beech
Ilex opaca — American holly
Juniperus virginiana — eastern red cedar
Nyssa sylvatica — tupelo, black gum
Pinus rigida — pitch pine
Prunus serotina — black cherry
Quercus alba — white oak
Quercus coccinea — scarlet oak
Quercus velutina — black oak
Sassafras albidum — sassafras
Tilia americana — basswood, American linden
Shrub Layer
Amelanchier spp. — shadbushes
Berberis thunbergii — Japanese barberry — INVASIVE
Celastrus orbiculatus — Oriental bittersweet, Asian bittersweet — INVASIVE
Clethra alnifolia — sweet pepperbush
Ilex glabra — inkberry
Ilex verticillata — common winterberry
Lonicera japonica — Japanese honeysuckle — INVASIVE
Lonicera morrowii — Morrow's honeysuckle — INVASIVE
Parthenocissus quinquefolia — Virginia creeper
Rhamnus cathartica — common buckthorn — INVASIVE
Rhododendron viscosum — swamp azalea
Rhus copallinum — flameleaf sumac, winged sumac
Rosa multiflora — multiflora rose — INVASIVE
Smilax rotundifolia — catbrier, bullbrier
Toxicodendron radicans — poison ivy
Vaccinium corymbosum — highbush blueberry
Viburnum spp. — viburnums
Vitis aestivalis — summer grape
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Aquilegia canadensis — wild columbine, red columbine
Carex pensylvanica — Pennsylvania sedge
Lysimachia borealis — American starflower
Maianthemum canadense — Canada mayflower
Maianthemum stellatum — starry Solomon's seal
Mitchella repens — partridgeberry
Pteridium aquilinum — bracken fern
Thalictrum revolutum — waxy-leaved meadowrue
Trillium undulatum — painted trillium