Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Red Maple Swamp Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S5
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Tree Layer
Acer rubrum — red maple — DOMINANT
Betula alleghaniensis — yellow birch
Chamaecyparis thyoides — Atlantic white cedar
Fraxinus americana — white ash
Nyssa sylvatica — tupelo, black gum
Pinus strobus — white pine
Quercus bicolor — swamp white oak
Quercus palustris — pin oak — NON-NATIVE — native in western MA
Tsuga canadensis — eastern hemlock
Ulmus americana — American elm, white elm
Shrub Layer
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa — speckled alder
Clethra alnifolia — sweet pepperbush
Ilex verticillata — common winterberry
Lindera benzoin — spicebush
Rhododendron viscosum — swamp azalea
Smilax rotundifolia — catbrier, bullbrier
Toxicodendron vernix — poison sumac
Vaccinium corymbosum — highbush blueberry
Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum — northern arrowwood
Viburnum lentago — nannyberry, sweet viburnum
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Dryopteris carthusiana — spinulose wood fern
Onoclea sensibilis — sensitive fern
Osmunda regalis — royal fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum — cinnamon fern
Symplocarpus foetidus — skunk cabbage
Thelypteris palustris — marsh fern