These include the cinnamon fern ( Osmunda cinnamomea ), which grows between two and a half and five feet tall and has cinnamon-colored fertile fronds; the interrupted fern ( Osmunda claytoniana ), a majestic plant that can reach eight feet tall; the crested wood fern ( Dryopteris crisata ), a handsome evergreen that grows between one and three feet tall, and the Japanese painted fern ( Athyrium niponicum Pictum ), whose burgundy stems and striking gray, white and green-patterned fronds can grow to about a foot and a half.
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Soaring canopy trees, understory trees, shrubs and ground cover typically found in the Carolina piedmont, include hardwoods White Oak ( Quercus alba ), Southern Red Oak ( Quercus falcata ), Shagbark Hickory ( Carya ovata ), Tulip Poplar ( Liriodendron tulipifera ), Blackgum ( Nyssa sylvatica ), Sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua ); softwoods such as Shortleaf Pine ( Pinus echinata ), and White Pine ( Pinus strobes ); understory trees such as Flowering Dogwood ( Cornus Florida ), Redbud ( Cercis canadensis ) and Sourwood ( Oxydendrum arboreum ); and groundcovers such as Wood Ferns ( Dryopteris spp . ), Virginia Creeper ( Parthenocissus quinquefolia ) and even Poison Ivy ( Toxicodendron toxicarium ).
