basic mesic mixed hardwood forest

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Species abundance

canopy

Acer floridanum southern sugar maple Acer rubrum eastern red maple Carya cordiformis bitternut hickory Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya ovata shagbark hickory Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory Celtis laevigata southern hackberry Fagus grandifolia American beech Fraxinus americana white ash Juglans nigra black walnut Liquidambar styraciflua sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera tulip-tree Magnolia macrophylla bigleaf magnolia Quercus alba white oak Quercus rubra red oak Quercus shumardii shumard oak

understory

Acer leucoderme chalk maple Acer negundo eastern box elder Acer rubrum eastern red maple Asimina triloba pawpaw Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam Cercis canadensis eastern redbud Cornus florida flowering dogwood Ilex opaca American holly Juniperus virginiana eastern red cedar Morus rubra red mulberry Nyssa sylvatica black gum Ostrya virginiana American hop-hornbeam Prunus serotina black cherry Ulmus alata winged elm Ulmus rubra slippery elm

shrubs

Aesculus sylvatica painted buckeye Calycanthus floridus sweet-shrub Corylus americana beaked hazelnut Dirca palustris leatherwood Euonymus americanus strawberry-bush Euonymus atropurpureus American wahoo Hamamelis virginiana northern witch-hazel Hydrangea arborescens smooth hydrangea Lindera benzoin northern spicebush Philadelphus inodorus scentless mock-orange Physocarpus opulifolius eastern ninebark Sambucus canadensis common elderberry Staphylea trifolia bladdernut Styrax grandifolius bigleaf snowbell Viburnum spp. viburnum Viburnum acerifolium mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum prunifolium black haw Viburnum rafinesqueanum downy arrow-wood Viburnum rufidulum southern black haw

vines

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

herbs

Actaea pachypoda dolls'-eyes Actaea racemosa black-cohosh Adiantum pedatum northern maidenhair fern Anemone americana round-lobed hepatica Aquilegia canadensis eastern columbine Arisaema triphyllum jack-in-the-pulpit Asarum canadense wild ginger Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern Cardamine concatenata cutleaf toothwort Collinsonia canadensis northern horsebalm Corydalis flavula short-spurred corydalis Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens large yellow lady's-slipper Delphinium tricorne dwarf larkspur Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's britches Endodeca serpentaria turpentine-root Enemion biternatum false rue-anemone Galium circaezans southern forest bedstraw Geum canadense white avens Hybanthus concolor green-violet Iris cristata dwarf crested iris Lathyrus venosus forest pea Maianthemum racemosum false Solomon's seal Podophyllum peltatum may-apple Polygonatum biflorum small Solomon's seal Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern Sanguinaria canadensis bloodroot Tiarella cordifolia heartleaf foamflower Trillium cuneatum sweet Betsy Uvularia perfoliata perfoliate bellwort Viola spp. violet