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A number of other moisture-loving trees, shrubs, and herbs grow in association with redwoods. Common neighboring trees include tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), California bay (Umbellularia californica), western sycamore (Platanus racemosa), white alder (Alnus rhombifolia), and bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). Although redwood canopies all but blot out the sun, a surprisingly dense understory of ferns, herbs, and shrubs obtain enough sunlight to carpet stream corridors and steep slopes along the forest floor. Understory plants include western sword fern (Polystichum munitum), bracken fern (Pteridium aqulinum), giant chain fern (Woodwardia fimbriata), American maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), California maidenhair fern (Adiantum jordani), coastal wood fern (Dryopteris arguta), fairy lantern (Calochortus alkus), western hound’s-tongue (Cynoglossum grande), fairy bells (Disporum hookeri), western starflower (Trientalis latifolia), poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum), evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum), and redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana).