Vance

Plant Layer

canopy Dry-mesic
oak-hickory
Dry
oak-hickory
Acer floridanum southern sugar maple
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis Carolina shagbark hickory
Carya cordiformis bitternut hickory
Carya glabra pignut hickory
Carya ovalis red 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 tripetala bigleaf magnolia
Pinus spp. pine
Pinus echinata shortleaf pine
Pinus virginiana Virginia pine
Quercus alba white oak
Quercus coccinea scarlet oak
Quercus falcata southern red oak
Quercus marilandica blackjack oak
Quercus montana rock chestnut oak
Quercus phellos willow oak
Quercus rubra red oak
Quercus stellata post oak
Quercus velutina black oak
understory Dry-mesic
oak-hickory
Dry
oak-hickory
Acer floridanum southern sugar maple
Acer leucoderme chalk maple
Acer rubrum eastern red maple
Amelanchier arborea downy serviceberry
Asimina triloba pawpaw
Cercis canadensis eastern redbud
Chionanthus virginicus fringe-tree
Cornus florida flowering dogwood
Crataegus marshallii parsley hawthorn
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
Oxydendrum arboreum sourwood
Prunus serotina black cherry
Sassafras albidum Sassafras
Ulmus alata winged elm
Vaccinium arboreum farkleberry
shrubs Dry-mesic
oak-hickory
Dry
oak-hickory
Aesculus sylvatica painted buckeye
Callicarpa americana beautyberry
Calycanthus floridus sweet-shrub
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea
Euonymus americanus strawberry-bush
Euonymus atropurpureus American wahoo
Frangula caroliniana Carolina buckthorn
Gaylussacia baccata black huckleberry
Lindera benzoin northern spicebush
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 acerifolium mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum cassinoides northern wild raisin
Viburnum nudum southern wild raisin
Viburnum prunifolium black haw
Viburnum rafinesqueanum downy arrow-wood
Viburnum rufidulum southern black haw
vines Dry-mesic
oak-hickory
Dry
oak-hickory
Bignonia capreolata cross-vine
Gelsimeum sempervirens Carolina jessamine
Lonicera sempervirens coral honeysuckle
Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia-creeper
Smilax spp. greenbrier
Toxicodendron radicans eastern poison ivy
Vitis rotundifolia muscadine
herbs Dry-mesic
oak-hickory
Dry
oak-hickory
Asclepias variegata white milkweed
Asplenium platyneuron ebony spleenwort
Boehmeria cylindrica false-nettle
Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern
Brachyelytrum erectum shorthusk
Carex spp. sedge
Carex albicans white-tinged sedge
Carex nigromarginata blackedge sedge
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge
Chelone glabra white turtlehead
Chimaphila maculata pipsissewa
Chrysogonum virginianum green-and-gold
Clematis ochroleuca curlyheads
Coreopsis major woodland coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata threadleaf coreopsis
Cunila origanoides stone-mint
Danthonia spicata poverty oat-grass
Dichanthelium boscii Bosc's witch grass
Dryopteris marginalis marginal shield fern
Elymus hystrix bottlebrush grass
Elymus virginicus eastern wild-rye
Endodeca serpentaria turpentine-root
Epigaea repens trailing arbutus
Euphorbia corollata eastern flowering spurge
Eutrochium purpureum purple-node Joe Pye weed
Galium circaezans southern forest bedstraw
Goodyera pubescens downy rattlesnake-orchid
Hexastylis arifolia little brown jug
Hexastylis minor little heartleaf
Hexastylis virginica Virginia heartleaf
Hieracium venosum veiny hawkweed
Hylodesmum nudiflorum naked tick-trefoil
Impatiens capensis orange jewelweed
Lycopus virginicus Virginia bugleweed
Maianthemum racemosum false Solomon's seal
Melica mutica melic grass
Osmunda regalis royal fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum cinnamon fern
Passiflora lutea yellow passionflower
Phegopteris hexagonoptera broad beech fern
Phryma leptostachya American lopseed
Piptochaetium avenaceum eastern needlegrass
Pityopsis graminifolia grass-leaved golden-aster
Polygonatum biflorum small Solomon's seal
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern
Pteridium aquilinum eastern bracken fern
Ranunculus recurvatus hooked buttercup
Saururus cernuus lizard's tail
Schizachyrium scoparium little bluestem
Scleria oligantha few-flowered nutrush
Scutellaria incana hoary skullcap
Sericocarpus linifolius narrow-leaf white-topped aster
Solidago odora sweet goldenrod
Tephrosia virginiana Virginia goat's-rue
Tipularia discolor cranefly orchid
Trillium catesbaei Catesby's trillium
Uvularia perfoliata perfoliate bellwort
Vernonia acaulis stemless ironweed
Woodwardia areolata netted chain fern
Zephyranthes atamasco common atamasco lily
Zizia aurea common golden alexanders