Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Maritime Shrubland Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S3
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Shrub Layer
Aronia melanocarpa — black chokeberry
Celastrus orbiculatus — Oriental bittersweet, Asian bittersweet — INVASIVE
Gaylussacia baccata — black huckleberry
Juniperus virginiana — eastern red cedar
Lonicera morrowii — Morrow's honeysuckle — INVASIVE
Prunus maritima — beach plum
Prunus serotina — black cherry
Smilax rotundifolia — catbrier, bullbrier
Toxicodendron radicans — poison ivy
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Vaccinium angustifolium — lowbush blueberry