Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities
Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MHs37)
Types in Class: Red Oak - White Oak Forest (MHs37a)
Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest (MHs37b)
Scientific Name
Column1
Common Name
Acer negundo
Box elder
Acer saccharum
Sugar maple
Actaea rubra
Red baneberry
Adiantum pedatum
Maidenhair fern
Amphicarpaea bracteata
Hog peanut
Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia
Wood anemone
Aralia nudicaulis
Wild sarsaparilla
Arisaema triphyllum
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum
Lady fern
Betula papyrifera
Paper birch
Botrychium virginianum
Rattlesnake fern
Carex blanda
Charming sedge
Carex pensylvanica var. digyna
Sun-loving sedge
Carex rosea
Starry sedge
Carya cordiformis
Bitternut hickory
Carya ovata var. ovata
Shagbark hickory
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Blue cohosh
Celtis occidentalis
Hackberry
Circaea lutetiana var. canadensis
Common enchanter's nightshade
Cornus alternifolia
Pagoda dogwood
Cornus racemosa
Gray dogwood
Cornus rugosa
Round-leaved dogwood
Corylus americana
American hazelnut
Cryptotaenia canadensis
Honewort
Desmodium canadense
Canada tick trefoil
Eupatorium rugosum
White snakeroot
Galium aparine
Cleavers
Galium triflorum
Sweet-scented bedstraw
Geranium maculatum
Wild geranium
Geum canadense
White avens
Osmorhiza claytonii
Clayton's sweet cicely
Ostrya virginiana
Ironwood
Parthenocissus spp.
Virginia creeper
Phryma leptostachya
Lopseed
Pilea spp.
clearweed
Polemonium reptans
Spreading Jacob's ladder
Prunus serotina
Black cherry
Prunus virginiana
Chokecherry
Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum
Bracken
Quercus alba
White oak
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Northern pin oak
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Rare Status
Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities
Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MHs37)
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak
Quercus rubra
Northern red oak
Ribes cynosbati
Prickly gooseberry
Ribes missouriense
Missouri gooseberry
Rubus allegheniensis
Allegheny blackberry
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
Red raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
Black raspberry
Sanguinaria canadensis
Bloodroot
Sanicula gregaria
Gregarious black snakeroot
Sanicula marilandica
Maryland black snakeroot
Smilacina racemosa
Common false Solomon's seal
Smilax ecirrata
Erect carrion flower
Smilax herbacea
Smooth carrion flower
Smilax illinoensis
Illinois carrion flower
Solidago flexicaulis
Zigzag goldenrod
Thalictrum dioicum
Early meadow-rue
Tilia americana
Basswood
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Western poison ivy
Ulmus americana
American elm
Ulmus rubra
Red elm
Uvularia grandiflora
Large-flowered bellwort
Viburnum lentago
Nannyberry
Vitis riparia
Wild grape
Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (2005). Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province. Ecological Land Classification Program,
Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program. MNDNR St. Paul, MN.
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Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities
Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MHs37)
Red Oak - White Oak Forest (MHs37a)
Scientific Name
Column1
Common Name
Acer negundo
Box elder
Aralia racemosa
American spikenard
Carya ovata var. ovata
Shagbark hickory
Cornus rugosa
Round-leaved dogwood
Corylus americana
American hazelnut
Dryopteris carthusiana
Spinulose shield fern
Dryopteris intermedia
Glandular wood fern
Helianthus strumosus
Woodland sunflower
Lactuca spp.
lettuce
Maianthemum canadense
Canada mayflower
Prunus serotina
Black cherry
Prunus virginiana
Chokecherry
Quercus alba
White oak
Quercus rubra
Northern red oak
Ribes cynosbati
Prickly gooseberry
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
Red raspberry
Sambucus racemosa
Red-berried elder
Tilia americana
Basswood
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Western poison ivy
Rare Status
Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (2005). Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province. Ecological Land Classification Program,
Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program. MNDNR St. Paul, MN.
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Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities
Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MHs37)
Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest (MHs37b)
Scientific Name
Column1
Common Name
Acer saccharum
Sugar maple
Carex rosea
Starry sedge
Carya cordiformis
Bitternut hickory
Cornus alternifolia
Pagoda dogwood
Corylus americana
American hazelnut
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. pennsylvanica
Green ash
Impatiens spp.
touch-me-not
Laportea canadensis
Wood nettle
Ostrya virginiana
Ironwood
Pinus strobus
White pine
Prunus serotina
Black cherry
Prunus virginiana
Chokecherry
Quercus alba
White oak
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Northern pin oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak
Quercus rubra
Northern red oak
Ribes missouriense
Missouri gooseberry
Rubus occidentalis
Black raspberry
Tilia americana
Basswood
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
Stinging nettle
Viola canadensis var. rugulosa
Rugulose violet
Viola pubescens
Yellow violet
Zanthoxylum americanum
Prickly ash
Rare Status
Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (2005). Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province. Ecological Land Classification Program,
Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program. MNDNR St. Paul, MN.
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