upland depression swamp forest

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Species abundance

canopy

Carya carolinae-septentrionalis Carolina shagbark hickory Carya ovata shagbark hickory Fraxinus americana white ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica green ash Liquidambar styraciflua sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera tulip-tree Quercus alba white oak Quercus bicolor swamp white oak Quercus lyrata overcup oak Quercus michauxii basket oak Quercus phellos willow oak Quercus stellata post oak Ulmus americana American elm

understory

Acer rubrum eastern red maple Diospyros virginiana American persimmon Ilex decidua possum-haw Nyssa sylvatica black gum Ulmus alata winged elm

shrubs

Aronia arbutifolia red chokeberry Cephalanthus occidentalis buttonbush Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew's cross Ilex verticillata winterberry Itea virginica Virginia sweetspire Vaccinium corymbosum smooth highbush blueberry Vaccinium fuscatum hairy highbush blueberry Viburnum dentatum arrow-wood

vines

Bignonia capreolata cross-vine Campsis radicans trumpet-creeper Gelsimeum sempervirens Carolina jessamine Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia-creeper Smilax spp. greenbrier Thrysanthella difformis climbing dogbane Toxicodendron radicans eastern poison ivy Vitis rotundifolia muscadine

herbs

Asplenium platyneuron ebony spleenwort Carex spp. sedge Carex albolutescens greenish-white sedge Carex intumescens greater bladder sedge Carex joori Joor's sedge Chasmanthium laxum slender spikegrass Claytonia virginica spring-beauty Climacium americanum tree moss Danthonia spicata poverty oat-grass Eleocharis tenuis slender spikerush Eupatorium perfoliatum boneset Eutrochium fistulosum hollow-stem Joe Pye weed Glyceria septentrionalis floating mannagrass Glyceria striata fowl mannagrass Juncus coriaceus leathery rush Juncus effusus soft rush Lycopodioides apodum meadow spikemoss Mitchella repens partridge-berry Pycnanthemum tenuifolium narrowleaf mountain-mint Selaginella apoda meadow spikemoss Sphagnum lescurii Lescur's sphagnum Spiranthes cernua nodding ladies'-tresses Zephyranthes atamasco common atamasco lily