Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Sea-level Fen Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S1
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Shrub Layer
Baccharis halimifolia — sea-myrtle
Juniperus virginiana — eastern red cedar
Rhododendron viscosum — swamp azalea
Rosa palustris — swamp rose
Toxicodendron radicans — poison ivy
Toxicodendron vernix — poison sumac
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Carex hormathodes — saltmarsh straw sedge
Cladium mariscoides — twig-sedge
Drosera intermedia — spoonleaf sundew
Eleocharis rostellata — saltmarsh spikerush, beaked spikerush — RARE (WL)
Juncus canadensis — marsh or Canada rush
Juncus pelocarpus — pondshore rush
Lysimachia terrestris — swamp candles
Phragmites australis — common reed — INVASIVE
Rhynchospora alba — white beak-rush
Schoenoplectus americanus — saltmarsh threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens — common threesquare
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii — New York aster
Triadenum virginicum — marsh St. John's-wort
Vaccinium macrocarpon — American cranberry, large cranberry