MHn46 Northern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest factsheet
MHn46 Northern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest factsheet
MHn46 Northern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest factsheet
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<strong>MHn46</strong><br />
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MESIC HARDWOOD FOREST SYSTEM<br />
<strong>Northern</strong> Floristic Region<br />
<strong>MHn46</strong> <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Wet</strong>-<strong>Mesic</strong> <strong>Hardwood</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> – Species Frequency & Cover<br />
freq% cover<br />
freq% cover<br />
Forbs, Ferns & Fern Allies<br />
Bearded shorthusk (Brachyelytrum erectum) 50 •<br />
Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) 86 •• Graceful sedge (Carex gracillima) 49 •<br />
Lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina) 85 ••• Mountain rice grass (Oryzopsis asperifolia) 47 ••<br />
Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) 83 • Dewey’s sedge (Carex deweyana) 36 •<br />
Dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens) 83 •• Bladder sedge (Carex intumescens) 36 •<br />
Large-leaved aster (Aster macrophyllus) 81 •• Pointed woodrush (Luzula acuminata) 36 •<br />
Sweet-scented bedstraw (Galium triflorum) 79 • Shrubs<br />
Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) 71 • Beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) 92 •••<br />
Common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) 69 • Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) 71 •<br />
Clayton’s sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) 65 • Mountain maple (Acer spicatum) 67 •••<br />
Wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) 65 • Juneberries (Amelanchier spp.) 44 •<br />
Rose twistedstalk (Streptopus roseus) 64 • Swamp red currant (Ribes triste) 42 •<br />
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) 64 • Pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) 36 •<br />
Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) 64 • Highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) 25 •<br />
Red baneberry (Actaea rubra) 63 • Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) 25 •<br />
Early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) 57 • American hazelnut (Corylus americana) 24 •••<br />
Rugulose or Yellow violet (Viola canadensis or V. pubescens) 54 •<br />
Rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum) 53 • Trees Canopy Subcanopy Shrub Layer<br />
Large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) 50 •<br />
freq% cover freq% cover freq% cover<br />
Bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis) 49 • Black ash 65 •••• 58 ••• 71 ••<br />
Starflower (Trientalis borealis) 49 • Basswood 60 •• 56 •• 63 •<br />
Spinulose shield fern or Glandular wood fern* 49 • Quaking aspen 38 ••• 17 ••• 38 •<br />
Nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) 43 • Paper birch 36 •• 21 •• 11 •<br />
Naked miterwort (Mitella nuda) 42 • Bur oak 35 ••• 26 • 43 •<br />
Side-flowering aster (Aster lateriflorus) 38 • Red maple 32 ••• 40 ••• 60 •<br />
Woodland horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum) 35 •• Sugar maple 25 ••• 46 ••• 53 •••<br />
Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) 33 ••• <strong>Northern</strong> red oak 15 ••• 15 • 46 •<br />
Touch-me-not (Impatiens spp.) 29 • Yellow birch 14 •• 8 • - -<br />
Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) 28 • American elm 14 • 40 •• 44 •<br />
Palmate sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus) 26 • Green ash 14 ••• 22 •• 31 ••<br />
Hooked crowfoot (Ranunculus recurvatus) 24 • White spruce 11 •• 13 • 14 •<br />
Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis) 17 ••• Balsam fir 11 ••• 17 • 35 •<br />
Grasses & Sedges<br />
White cedar 8 ••• - - - -<br />
Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) 67 ••• Big-toothed aspen - - 8 •• - -<br />
Long-stalked sedge (Carex pedunculata) 56 •• Balsam poplar - - - - 8 •<br />
* Spinulose shield fern or Glandular wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana or D. intermedia)<br />
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