dry basic oak-hickory forest

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Species abundance

canopy

Carya carolinae-septentrionalis Carolina shagbark hickory Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya ovalis red hickory Carya ovata shagbark hickory Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory Fraxinus americana white ash Liquidambar styraciflua sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera tulip-tree Pinus spp. pine Pinus echinata shortleaf pine Quercus alba white oak Quercus falcata southern red oak Quercus rubra red oak Quercus stellata post oak Quercus velutina black oak

understory

Acer floridanum southern sugar maple Acer leucoderme chalk maple Acer rubrum eastern red maple Cercis canadensis eastern redbud Chionanthus virginicus fringe-tree Cornus florida flowering dogwood Diospyros virginiana American persimmon Ilex decidua possum-haw Ilex opaca American holly Juniperus virginiana eastern red cedar Nyssa sylvatica black gum Ostrya virginiana American hop-hornbeam Prunus serotina black cherry Ulmus alata winged elm Vaccinium arboreum farkleberry

shrubs

Euonymus atropurpureus American wahoo Frangula caroliniana Carolina buckthorn Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac Rosa carolina Carolina rose Symphoricarpos orbiculatus coralberry Vaccinium pallidum hillside blueberry Vaccinium stamineum deerberry Viburnum spp. viburnum Viburnum acerifolium mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum rafinesqueanum downy arrow-wood Viburnum rufidulum southern black haw

vines

Gelsimeum sempervirens Carolina jessamine Lonicera sempervirens coral honeysuckle Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia-creeper Smilax spp. greenbrier Toxicodendron radicans eastern poison ivy Vitis rotundifolia muscadine

herbs

Asclepias variegata white milkweed Asplenium platyneuron ebony spleenwort Carex albicans white-tinged sedge Carex nigromarginata blackedge sedge Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge Clematis ochroleuca curlyheads Coreopsis major woodland coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata threadleaf coreopsis Cunila origanoides stone-mint Danthonia spicata poverty oat-grass Dryopteris marginalis marginal shield fern Endodeca serpentaria turpentine-root Euphorbia corollata eastern flowering spurge Galium circaezans southern forest bedstraw Maianthemum racemosum false Solomon's seal Melica mutica melic grass Passiflora lutea yellow passionflower Piptochaetium avenaceum eastern needlegrass Polygonatum biflorum small Solomon's seal Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern Scleria oligantha few-flowered nutrush Uvularia perfoliata perfoliate bellwort