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The upland pine community was mostly longleaf pine along with sweetgum, white oak, southern red oak, willow oak, blackgum, and hollies.
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On steep slopes, along streams and other areas where fire was less frequent, forests contained loblolly pine, sweetgum, white oak, southern red oak, willow oak, blackgum, and hollies.
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Cypress, blackgum, and bay forests are common, with scattered areas of prairie, which are comprised of grasses, sedges, and various aquatic plants.
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Water oak, willow oak, sweetgum, blackgum and cypress occur in wet areas.
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On the wooded uplands, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and upland oaks are dominant whilst on bottomlands, water tupelo, swamp blackgum, sweetgum, and oaks are common.
Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008
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Secondary trees may include red maple, blackgum and sweet bay magnolia.
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey 2007
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The Oklahoma Nature Conservancy owns 6.07 km2 of this watershed, which includes some large shortleaf pine on the steeper slopes that are 51 to 76 cm in diameter and blackgum and hickory that may be up to 91 cm in diameter.
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The undergrowth was not too thick; they had found an easy way under the canopy of oak and hickory, blackgum and beech, pierced here and there by a tall pine or leatherleaf, or the white slash of a paperbark.
The Great Hunt Jordan, Robert 1990
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In addition to combing trees for beetle larvae and ants, these woodpeckers also eat the fruits of southern bayberry, magnolias, wild grape, poison-ivy, pokeberry, blueberry, cherries, blackgum, and pecan.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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In addition to combing trees for beetle larvae and ants, these woodpeckers also eat the fruits of southern bayberry, magnolias, wild grape, poison-ivy, pokeberry, blueberry, cherries, blackgum, and pecan.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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