List of woody plants of Soldiers Delight

The Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area is located in western Baltimore County, Maryland.

[1] Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA, which totals 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) of protected land, contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.

[2] The following list of woody plants comes from the publications by [F] Fleming et al. 1995, [M] Monteferrante 1973, [R] Reed 1984, [We] Wennerstrom 1995, [Wood] Wood 1984, and the unpublished data by [Wo] Worthley 1955-1985, with authors' acronyms used below.

Cupressaceae - (Cypress Family) Pinaceae - (Pine Family) Aceraceae - (Maple Family) Anacardiaceae - (Cashew Family) Berberidaceae - (Barberry Family) Betulaceae - (Birch Family) Caprifoliaceae - (Honeysuckle Family) Celastraceae - (Staff-tree Family) Cornaceae - (Dogwood Family) Ebenaceae - (Ebony Family) Elaeagnaceae - (Oleaster Family) Ericaceae - (Heath Family) Hamamelidaceae - (Witch-hazel Family) Juglandaceae - (Walnut Family) Lauraceae - (Laurel Family) Magnoliaceae - (Magnolia Family) Platanaceae - (Plane-tree Family) Rosaceae - (Rose Family) Salicaceae - (Willow Family) Simaroubaceae - (Quassia Family) Vitaceae - (Grape Family) Smilacaceae - (Greenbrier Family)

Quercus marilandica (Blackjack oak) (common at Soldiers Delight)
Quercus stellata (Post oak) (common at Soldiers Delight)
Quercus velutina (Black oak)
Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine) (abundant at Soldiers Delight)
Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) (in lowland woods)
Prunus serotina (Wild cherry)
Betula lenta (Sweet birch)
Nyssa sylvatica (Black gum)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) (growing in thickets around Locust Run)
Smilax rotundifolia (Common greenbrier) (very common in woodlands at the SDNEA)