Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Coastal Forest/Woodland Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S4
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Tree Layer
Acer rubrum — red maple
Fagus grandifolia — American beech
Ilex opaca — American holly
Juniperus virginiana — eastern red cedar
Nyssa sylvatica — tupelo, black gum
Pinus rigida — pitch pine
Pinus strobus — white pine
Prunus serotina — black cherry
Quercus alba — white oak
Quercus coccinea — scarlet oak
Quercus montana — chestnut oak
Quercus stellata — post oak — RARE (WL)
Quercus velutina — black oak
Sassafras albidum — sassafras
Shrub Layer
Clethra alnifolia — sweet pepperbush
Gaylussacia baccata — black huckleberry
Parthenocissus quinquefolia — Virginia creeper
Smilax spp. — catbrier, sawbrier
Toxicodendron radicans — poison ivy
Vaccinium pallidum — hillside blueberry, dryland blueberry
Vitis spp. — grapes
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Aralia nudicaulis — wild sarsaparilla
Carex pensylvanica — Pennsylvania sedge
Gaultheria procumbens — wintergreen, checkerberry, eastern teaberry
Pteridium aquilinum — bracken fern
Vaccinium angustifolium — lowbush blueberry