dry oak-hickory forest

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Species abundance

canopy

Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory Liquidambar styraciflua sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera tulip-tree Pinus spp. pine Pinus echinata shortleaf pine Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Quercus alba white oak Quercus coccinea scarlet oak Quercus falcata southern red oak Quercus marilandica blackjack oak Quercus montana rock chestnut oak Quercus phellos willow oak Quercus rubra red oak Quercus stellata post oak Quercus velutina black oak

understory

Acer rubrum eastern red maple Cornus florida flowering dogwood Diospyros virginiana American persimmon Ilex opaca American holly Juniperus virginiana eastern red cedar Nyssa sylvatica black gum Oxydendrum arboreum sourwood Prunus serotina black cherry Sassafras albidum Sassafras Vaccinium arboreum farkleberry

shrubs

Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea Gaylussacia baccata black huckleberry Rhus copallinum winged sumac Vaccinium pallidum hillside blueberry Vaccinium stamineum deerberry Vaccinium tenellum small black blueberry

vines

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

herbs

Chimaphila maculata pipsissewa Coreopsis major woodland coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata threadleaf coreopsis Danthonia spicata poverty oat-grass Epigaea repens trailing arbutus Goodyera pubescens downy rattlesnake-orchid Hexastylis arifolia little brown jug Hieracium venosum veiny hawkweed Hylodesmum nudiflorum naked tick-trefoil Piptochaetium avenaceum eastern needlegrass Pityopsis graminifolia grass-leaved golden-aster Pteridium aquilinum eastern bracken fern Schizachyrium scoparium little bluestem Scutellaria incana hoary skullcap Sericocarpus linifolius narrow-leaf white-topped aster Solidago odora sweet goldenrod Tephrosia virginiana Virginia goat's-rue Vernonia acaulis stemless ironweed