xeric hardpan forest

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Species abundance

canopy

Carya carolinae-septentrionalis Carolina shagbark hickory Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya ovata shagbark hickory Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory Fraxinus americana white ash Liquidambar styraciflua sweet gum Pinus spp. pine Pinus echinata shortleaf pine Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Quercus alba white oak Quercus marilandica blackjack oak Quercus phellos willow oak Quercus rubra red oak Quercus stellata post oak Quercus velutina black oak

understory

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 Juniperus virginiana eastern red cedar Nyssa sylvatica black gum Prunus americana wild plum Prunus serotina black cherry Ulmus alata winged elm Vaccinium arboreum farkleberry

shrubs

Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew's cross Manfreda virginica eastern false-aloe Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac Rhus copallinum winged sumac Rosa carolina Carolina rose Symphoricarpos orbiculatus coralberry Vaccinium pallidum hillside blueberry Vaccinium stamineum deerberry Vaccinium tenellum small black blueberry Viburnum spp. viburnum Viburnum prunifolium black haw Viburnum rafinesqueanum downy arrow-wood Viburnum rufidulum southern black haw

vines

Campsis radicans trumpet-creeper Lonicera sempervirens coral honeysuckle Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia-creeper Smilax spp. greenbrier Thrysanthella difformis climbing dogbane Toxicodendron radicans eastern poison ivy Vitis rotundifolia muscadine

herbs

Asplenium platyneuron ebony spleenwort Baptisia tinctoria yellow wild indigo Clematis ochroleuca curlyheads Coreopsis major woodland coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata threadleaf coreopsis Danthonia spicata poverty oat-grass Endodeca serpentaria turpentine-root Hieracium gronovii beaked hawkweed Hieracium venosum veiny hawkweed Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew's cross Lespedeza spp. lespedeza Liatris pilosa shaggy blazing-star Marshallia obovata Piedmont Barbara's buttons Muhlenbergia capillaris pink muhlygrass Oenothera fruticosa southern sundrops Packera anonyma Appalachian ragwort Physostegia virginiana obedient-plant Piptochaetium avenaceum eastern needlegrass Pityopsis graminifolia grass-leaved golden-aster Polygonatum biflorum small Solomon's seal Schizachyrium scoparium little bluestem Sericocarpus linifolius narrow-leaf white-topped aster Solidago nemoralis eastern gray goldenrod Solidago odora sweet goldenrod Symphyotrichum dumosum long-stalked aster Vernonia acaulis stemless ironweed