Northeastern interior dry-mesic oak forest

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The Northeastern interior dry-mesic oak forest is a forest system found in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. These forests cover large areas at low and middle elevations, typically on flat to gently rolling terrain.

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Tree types

Common oaks are red oak ( Quercus rubra ), white oak ( Quercus alba ), and black oak ( Quercus velutina ). Other trees include hickories ( Carya spp.), red maple ( Acer rubrum ), sugar maple ( Acer saccharum ), white ash ( Fraxinus americana ), tulip tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera ), American beech ( Fagus grandifolia ), black cherry ( Prunus serotina ), black birch ( Betula lenta ), black tupelo ( Nyssa sylvatica ), and American elm ( Ulmus americana ). Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida ) is a common understory tree. [1] [2]

<i>Quercus rubra</i> species of plant

Quercus rubra, commonly called northern red oak or champion oak, is an oak in the red oak group. It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It grows from the north end of the Great Lakes, east to Nova Scotia, south as far as Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana, and west to Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota. It has been introduced to small areas in Western Europe, where it can frequently be seen cultivated in gardens and parks. It prefers good soil that is slightly acidic. Often simply called red oak, northern red oak is so named to distinguish it from southern red oak, also known as the Spanish oak. It is also the state tree of New Jersey and the provincial tree of Prince Edward Island.

<i>Quercus alba</i> species of plant

Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas. Specimens have been documented to be over 450 years old.

<i>Quercus velutina</i> tree species

Quercus velutina, the eastern black oak or more commonly known as simply black oak, is a species in the red oak group of oaks. It is widespread in eastern and central North America, found in all the coastal states from Maine to Texas, inland as far as Michigan, Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas.

Shrubs

Common shrubs are maple-leaved viburnum ( Viburnum acerifolium ), spicebush ( Lindera benzoin ), and witch hazel ( Hamamelis virginiana ). In sandier or more acidic soils are mountain laurel ( Kalmia latifolia ), blueberry ( Vaccinium pallidum ), huckleberry ( Gaylussacia baccata ), and swamp azalea ( Rhododendron viscosum ). [1]

<i>Viburnum acerifolium</i> species of plant

Viburnum acerifolium, the mapleleaf viburnum, maple-leaved arrowwood or dockmackie, is a species of Viburnum, native to eastern North America from southwestern Quebec and Ontario south to northern Florida and eastern Texas. It is adapted for USDA hardiness zones of 4 to 8.

<i>Lindera benzoin</i> species of plant

Lindera benzoin is a shrub in the laurel family, native to eastern North America, ranging from New York to Ontario in the north, and to Kansas, Texas, and northern Florida in the center and south. Within its native range it is a relatively common plant where it grows in the understory in moist, rich woods, especially those with exposed limestone.

<i>Hamamelis virginiana</i> species of plant

Hamamelis virginiana, known as common or American witch-hazel, is a species of witch-hazel native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, and south to central Florida to eastern Texas.

Mayapple ( Podophyllum peltatum ) is a common herbaceous plant. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Collins, B. R.; Anderson, K. H. (1994). Plant Communities of New Jersey: A Study in Landscape Diversity. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   978-0-8135-2071-1.
  2. ↑ "Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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