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Basic Oak - Hickory Forest

Natural Community: Basic Oak - Hickory Forest

The Basic Oak - Hickory Forest at Murphy-Chambers Farm is an excellent place to learn to tell the difference between white oaks and black oaks.

Basic Woodland natural community

Natural Community: Basic Woodland

You can enjoy both a stunning view and an unusual natural community at Maryland Heights Overlook.

Herbaceous Depositional Bar

Natural Community: Herbaceous Depositional Bar

How do plants survive along a constantly changing shoreline?

rich floodplain forest

Natural Community: Rich Floodplain Forest

This lush forest on Virginius Island grows atop land that was covered with factories and mills more than a century ago.

Rich Successional Tuliptree Forest

Semi-Natural Community: Successional Tuliptree Forest (Rich Type)

This forest has a tale to tell—of clearing due to agriculture or logging in the past, and an overabundance of white-tailed deer today.

Two hillside natural communities side by side

Two Complementary Hillside Natural Communities

The Chestnut Oak Forest and the Dry-Mesic Chestnut Oak - Northern Red Oak Forest may exist side by side, but subtle differences in topography lead to a different combination of plant species.