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, 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.

Tree types

Common oaks are red oak (''

Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...

''), white oak ('' Quercus alba''), and black oak ('' Quercus velutina''). Other trees include hickories ('' Carya'' spp.), red maple ('' Acer rubrum''), sugar maple (''

Acer saccharum ''Acer saccharum'', the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and eastern United States. Sugar maple is best known for being the prima ...

''), white ash ('' Fraxinus americana''), tulip tree (''

Liriodendron tulipifera ''Liriodendron tulipifera''—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, and yellow-poplar—is the North American representative of the two-species genus ''Liriodendron'' (the other ...

''), American beech ('' Fagus grandifolia''), black cherry ('' Prunus serotina''), black birch (''

Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...

''), black tupelo ('' Nyssa sylvatica''), and American elm ('' Ulmus americana''). Flowering dogwood (''

Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...

'') is a common understory tree.

Shrubs

Common shrubs are maple-leaved viburnum ('' Viburnum acerifolium''), spicebush (''

Lindera benzoin ''Lindera benzoin'' (commonly called spicebush, common spicebush, northern spicebush, wild allspice, or Benjamin bush) is a shrub in the Lauraceae, laurel family, native to Eastern United States, eastern North America, ranging from Maine and New ...

''), and witch hazel ('' Hamamelis virginiana''). In sandier or more acidic soils are mountain laurel ('' Kalmia latifolia''), blueberry (''

Vaccinium pallidum ''Vaccinium pallidum'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common names hillside blueberry, Blue Ridge blueberry, late lowbush blueberry, and early lowbush blueberry. It is native to central Canada (Ontario) and the c ...

''), huckleberry (''

Gaylussacia baccata ''Gaylussacia baccata'', the black huckleberry, is a common huckleberry found throughout a wide area of eastern North America. Distribution The plant is native to Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region, the Midwestern and Northeastern Unit ...

''), and swamp azalea ('' Rhododendron viscosum''). Mayapple ('' Podophyllum peltatum'') is a common herbaceous plant.

References

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Tree types

Shrubs

See also

References