What is a Woodland?

Woodlands are large areas primarily dominated by canopy trees which cast shade that is sufficient enough to kill off understory and ground vegetation. However, under these canopies there are usually other kinds of vegetation consisting of shade-tolerant understory trees, shrubs, woody vines, and herbaceous plants.

Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
American Gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium) yellow woodland flower plant
American Gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) spring woodland flower
Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) Woodland Spring Flower
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Smooth Rock Cress (Boechera laevigata)
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris elongata) Ground Plant Flower
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris elongata)
Jumpseed (Antenoron virginianum)
Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Wild Leek (Allium tricoccum)
Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides)
Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)
Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)
Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
Purple Cress (Cardamine douglassii)
Spring Cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
American Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
Cancer Root (Conopholis americana)
Canadian Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinium tricorne)
Cutleaf Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)
Pointed-leaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum)
Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
Stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)
Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis obtusa)
Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum)
Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
Indian Cucumber (Medeola virginiana)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Two-leaf Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)
Bluntleaf Sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora)
Aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis)
Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Smooth Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum commutatum)
White Lettuce (Prenanthes alba)
Hispid Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
Clustered Black Snakeroot (Sanicula odorata)
Early Figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)-8
Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica)
Starry Campion (Silene stellata)
Fire Pink (Silene virginica)
False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina racemosa)
Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Elm-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia)
Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum)
Starflower (Trientalis borealis)
Drooping Trillium (Trillium flexipes)
Prairie Trillium (Trillium recurvatum)
Late Horse Gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum)
Early Horse Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum
Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
Maple-leaved Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
Alpine Violet (Viola labradorica)-6
Hairy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)-2
Striped White Violet (Viola striata)
Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia)
Showy Orchid (Galearis spectabilis)
Large-bract Tick-trefoil (Desmodium cuspidatum)