Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Mixed Oak Forest/Woodland Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S5
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Tree Layer
Acer pensylvanicum — striped maple — NON-NATIVE
Acer rubrum — red maple
Acer spicatum — mountain-maple
Amelanchier spp. — shadbushes
Betula lenta — sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch
Betula papyrifera — paper birch
Betula populifolia — gray birch
Pinus strobus — white pine
Quercus alba — white oak
Quercus coccinea — scarlet oak
Quercus montana — chestnut oak
Quercus rubra — northern red oak
Quercus velutina — black oak
Shrub Layer
Castanea dentata — American chestnut
Gaylussacia baccata — black huckleberry
Hamamelis virginiana — witch-hazel
Kalmia latifolia — mountain laurel
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Aralia nudicaulis — wild sarsaparilla
Carex pensylvanica — Pennsylvania sedge
Vaccinium angustifolium — lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum — hillside blueberry, dryland blueberry