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SUCCESSIONAL MARITIME OAK FOREST


A maritime forest will naturally succeed a maritime shrubland if it is left undisturbed. A minimal


amount of herbaceous material at ground-level will be able to survive. The dense shrub layer,


with a closing canopy, will shade out many of the herbaceous species.


Examples Include: Pelham Bay Park-Hunter Island (BX), Paerdegat Preserve (BK), Idlewwild Park


(QU), Saw Mill Creek (SI).


Recommended Plants:


Ferns


Pteridium aquilinum Bracken fern


Graminoids


Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem


Aristida dichotoma Churchmouse threeawn


Aristida tuberculosa Seaside threeawn


Agrostis perennans Autumn bent-grass


Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge


Eragrostis spectabilis Purple lovegrass


Panicum virgatum Switchgrass


Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem


Forbs


Agalinus purpurea Purple false foxglove


Baptisia tinctoria Yellow wild indigo


Chrysopsis mariana Maryland goldenaster


Eupatorium album White boneset


Lespedeza capitata Round-headed bush-clover


Nuttallanthus canadensis Blue toadflax


Plantago aristata Largebracted plantain


Solidago odora Sweet goldenrod


Tephrosia virginiana Virginia tephrosia


Trichostema dichotomum Forked blue curls


Vines


Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper


Vitis vulpina Frost grape


Shrubs


Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry


Comptonia peregrina Sweetfern


Hudsonia ericoides Heather


Gaylussacia baccata Black huckleberry

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