piedmont heath bluff forest

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Species abundance

canopy

Fagus grandifolia American beech Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Quercus alba white oak Quercus montana rock chestnut oak

understory

Acer rubrum eastern red maple Amelanchier arborea downy serviceberry Oxydendrum arboreum sourwood

shrubs

Hamamelis virginiana northern witch-hazel Kalmia latifolia mountain laurel Rhododendron catawbiense Catawba rhododendron Vaccinium pallidum hillside blueberry Vaccinium stamineum deerberry

vines

herbs

Chimaphila maculata pipsissewa Epigaea repens trailing arbutus Galax urceolata galax Gaultheria procumbens wintergreen Hexastylis minor little heartleaf Mitchella repens partridge-berry