dry-mesic basic oak-hickory forest

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Species abundance

canopy

Acer floridanum southern sugar maple Carya carolinae-septentrionalis Carolina shagbark hickory Carya cordiformis bitternut hickory Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya ovalis red hickory Carya ovata shagbark hickory Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory Celtis laevigata southern hackberry Fraxinus americana white ash Juglans nigra black walnut Liquidambar styraciflua sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera tulip-tree Magnolia tripetala bigleaf magnolia Pinus spp. pine Pinus echinata shortleaf pine Quercus alba white oak Quercus rubra red oak Quercus velutina black oak

understory

Acer leucoderme chalk maple Acer rubrum eastern red maple Asimina triloba pawpaw Cercis canadensis eastern redbud Chionanthus virginicus fringe-tree Cornus florida flowering dogwood Crataegus marshallii parsley hawthorn Diospyros virginiana American persimmon Juniperus virginiana eastern red cedar Nyssa sylvatica black gum Ostrya virginiana American hop-hornbeam Prunus serotina black cherry Ulmus alata winged elm

shrubs

Aesculus sylvatica painted buckeye Callicarpa americana beautyberry Calycanthus floridus sweet-shrub Euonymus americanus strawberry-bush Frangula caroliniana Carolina buckthorn Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac Symphoricarpos orbiculatus coralberry Vaccinium stamineum deerberry Viburnum acerifolium mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum prunifolium black haw Viburnum rafinesqueanum downy arrow-wood Viburnum rufidulum southern black haw

vines

Bignonia capreolata cross-vine Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia-creeper Smilax spp. greenbrier Toxicodendron radicans eastern poison ivy Vitis rotundifolia muscadine

herbs

Asclepias variegata white milkweed Asplenium platyneuron ebony spleenwort Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern Brachyelytrum erectum shorthusk Carex albicans white-tinged sedge Carex nigromarginata blackedge sedge Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge Chrysogonum virginianum green-and-gold Dichanthelium boscii Bosc's witch grass Elymus hystrix bottlebrush grass Elymus virginicus eastern wild-rye Endodeca serpentaria turpentine-root Euphorbia corollata eastern flowering spurge Eutrochium purpureum purple-node Joe Pye weed Galium circaezans southern forest bedstraw Hexastylis arifolia little brown jug Maianthemum racemosum false Solomon's seal Melica mutica melic grass Phegopteris hexagonoptera broad beech fern Phryma leptostachya American lopseed Polygonatum biflorum small Solomon's seal Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern Scleria oligantha few-flowered nutrush Uvularia perfoliata perfoliate bellwort Zephyranthes atamasco common atamasco lily Zizia aurea common golden alexanders