🌲 Canopy 🌲
(tallest trees, forming the main forest layer)
Acer rubrum (Red maple) x2
Acer saccharum (Sugar maple) x2
Betula alleghaniensis (Yellow birch) x3
Betula papyrifera (Paper birch) x2
Juglans cinerea (Butternut) x1
Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar) x2
Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip tree) x2
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree) x3
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ash) x1
Quercus bicolor (Swamp oak) x4
Quercus rubra (Red oak) x5
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinquapin oak) x1
Tilia americana (American linden) x2
Populus deltoides (Eastern cottonwood) x2
Populus tremuloides (Trembling aspen) x1
Pinus strobus (Eastern white pine) x7
Pinus resinosa (Red pine) x1
Thuja occidentalis (Eastern white cedar) x2
🌳 Understory 🌳
(smaller trees, sub-canopy layer)
Asimina triloba (Pawpaw) x14
Cornus alternifolia (Alternate-leaved dogwood) x3
Cornus sericea (Red osier dogwood) x5
Corylus americana (American hazelnut) x7
Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory) x2
Hamamelis virginiana (Witch hazel) x5
Ptelea trifoliata (Hop tree) x12
Salix nigra (Black willow) x2
Sorbus americana (American mountain-ash) x2
🫐 Shrub / Bush 🫐
(woody shrubs, some berry )
Aronia melanocarpa (Black chokeberry) x5
Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush) x8
Diervilla lonicera (Northern bush honeysuckle) x4
Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) x4
Physocarpus opulifolius (Eastern ninebark) x10
Rhus typhina (Staghorn sumac) x1
Ribes americanum (Black currant) x8
Rhus aromatica (Smooth Sumac) x2
Sambucus canadensis (Black elderberry) x3
Sambucus racemosa (Red elderberry) x1
Salix bebbiana (Bebb’s willow) x3
Salix discolor (Pussy willow) x3
Viburnum cassinoides (Wild raisin) x2
Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry) x1
Viburnum trilobum (Highbush cranberry) x2
🌿 Vines 🌿
Clematis occidentalis (Purple Clematis) x3
Clematis virginiana (Virgin’s bower) x4
*** work in progress. Paused till fall ***
🪻 Forest Floor🪻
(shade-tolerant perennials, herbaceous layer)
Ageratina altissima (White snakeroot) x7
Achillea millefolium (Common yarrow) x5
Asclepias exaltata (Poke milkweed) x8
Desmodium canadense (Showy tick-trefoil) x4
Gillenia trifoliata (Bowman’s root) x15
Heuchera americana (Alumroot) x5
Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed) x3
Mitella diphylla (Bishop’s cap) x3
Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon’s seal) x5
💠 Ground Covers 💠
(low-growing plants, spreading perennials)
Viola sororia (Common blue violet) x4
Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone) x2
🦗 Grasses / Sedges 🦗
Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed)
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