Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Fresh/Brackish Tidal Swamp Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S1
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Tree Layer
Acer rubrum — red maple
Carpinus caroliniana — ironwood, hornbeam
Chamaecyparis thyoides — Atlantic white cedar
Quercus bicolor — swamp white oak
Ulmus americana — American elm, white elm
Shrub Layer
Ilex verticillata — common winterberry
Smilax rotundifolia — catbrier, bullbrier
Swida amomum — silky dogwood
Toxicodendron radicans — poison ivy
Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum — northern arrowwood
Vitis spp. — grapes
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Impatiens capensis — jewelweed
Onoclea sensibilis — sensitive fern
Zizania aquatica — wild rice