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Plants with white berries are found in cultivation under the name Callicarpa americana var. lactea; [5] [6] [7] not all authorities recognize this as a distinct variety (in the sense of the botanical rank below subspecies).
Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) invasion of a forest in Greenbelt, Maryland. Numerous non-native plants have been introduced to Maryland in the United States and many of them have become invasive species. The following is a list of some non-native invasive plant species established in Maryland.
The main focus is in the western Maryland counties due to the reports of CWD in West Virginia and Virginia (Communications, 2011). [4] The DNR is also responsible for regulating the 3 million acres (12,000 km 2) of wooded land in Maryland. There are over 160 species of trees that help create these millions of acres of forest.
Angiospermae; Scientific name Common name Family FIA Code (US) Conservation status Hardwoods; Aceraceae: maple family; Acer: maples; Acer amplum: broad maple Aceraceae (maple family)
Rubus parviflorus, the fruit of which is commonly called the thimbleberry [2] or redcap, is a species of Rubus with large hairy leaves and no thorns. The species is native to northern temperate regions of North America. It produces red aggregate fruit similar in appearance to a raspberry; although edible, it is too soft for major commerce.
Forest gardening is a low-maintenance, sustainable, [85] plant-based food production and agroforestry system based on woodland ecosystems, incorporating fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables which have yields directly useful to humans.
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About 3,800 additional non-native species of vascular plants are recorded as established outside of cultivation in the U.S., as well as a much smaller number of non-native non-vascular plants and plant relatives. The United States possesses one of the most diverse temperate floras in the world, comparable only to that of China.