Temperate Forest
The forest in Maryland’s Mallows Bay Park varies, from the floodplain forest bordering streams and ponds through the drier, upland forest at higher elevations. In the floodplains, red maples, sycamores, and other flood-tolerant trees grow. Smaller, broad-leaved paw paw trees are also common in the understory. A secondary succession forest has developed in the agricultural land that once belonged to Wilson Farm, dominated by young trees such as sweet gum. The mature upland forest contains oaks and pines, with shrubs such as mountain laurel and blueberries in the understory.
