Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Small-River Floodplain Forest 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
Acer saccharinum — silver maple
Betula nigra — river birch — RARE (WL)
Quercus bicolor — swamp white oak
Quercus palustris — pin oak — NON-NATIVE
Ulmus americana — American elm, white elm
Ulmus rubra — slippery elm
Shrub Layer
Berberis thunbergii — Japanese barberry — INVASIVE
Cephalanthus occidentalis — common buttonbush
Frangula alnus — glossy buckthorn — INVASIVE
Ligustrum vulgare — European common privet — NON-NATIVE
Lonicera morrowii — Morrow's honeysuckle — INVASIVE
Swida amomum — silky dogwood
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Boehmeria cylindrica — false nettle, bog-hemp
Cicuta maculata — water-hemlock
Lysimachia nummularia — creeping jenny, moneywort — INVASIVE
Lysimachia terrestris — swamp candles
Myosotis scorpioides — true forget-me-not — INVASIVE
Onoclea sensibilis — sensitive fern
Sium suave — water parsnip