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by [F] Fleming et al. 1995, [M] Monteferrante 1973, [R] Reed 1984, [We] Wennerstrom 1995, [Wood] Wood 1984, and the unpublished data by [Wo] Worthley 1955-1985, with authors' acronyms used below.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)