
Plateau Surface Habitats
Cove Habitats
Upper and Lower Slope Mesic
Characteristic Plant Species
Trees:
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Aesculus flava (yellow buckeye)
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
Celtis occidentalis (common hackberry)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus biltmoreana (white ash)
Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Quercus rubra (northern red oak)
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Shrubs:
Asimina triloba (pawpaw)
Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Staphylea trifolia (American bladdernut)
Euonymus americanus (Amer. strawberry bush)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Viburnum rufidulum (rusty blackhaw)
Arundinaria gigantea (river cane)
Vines:
Isotrema macrophylla (pipevine)
Smilax spp. (sawbrier)
Bignonia capreolata (crossvine)
Herbs:
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit)
Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)
Claytonia virginica (Virginia springbeauty)
Delphinium tricorne (dwarf larkspur)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches)
Hydrophyllum canadense (bluntleaf waterleaf)
Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple)
Polymnia laevigata (Tennessee leafcup)
Phacelia bipinnatifida (fernleaf phacelia)
Phlox divaricata (wild blue phlox)
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
Tradescantia subaspera (zigzag spiderwort)
Trillium spp. (trillium)
Viola spp. (violet)
Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica)
Epifagus virginiana (beechdrops)
Hexastylis arifolia (little brown jug)
Sanicula spp. (black snakeroot)
NatureServe Communities:
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South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest (CES 202.887)

habitat - Shakerag Hollow

habitat - shakerag

yellow lady's slipper

American beech

showy orchis

wild geranium

spotted mandarin

smooth yellow violet

sharp-lobed hepatica

dwarf larkspur

Appalachian bunch-flower

bladdernut

celadine poppy

beechdrops

American ginseng

pawpaw

pawpaw fruits

yellow buckeye

white trillium

jack-in-the-pulpit

habitat

dwarf larkspur

southern red trillium

wild blue phlox

dutchman's breeches

fernleaf phacelia