You may have some carex plants or luzula. Try researching those and see if they look like what you have. I, personally, have fallen in love with most of the native Carex, especially the one called seersucker sedge. Non-native ones are also in the trade.

As for the PH, many woodland plants like acidic soil, but there are some that grow in lime type areas. I cannot grow those as I refuse to "change" my soil ... may put a piece of rock or concrete next to a plant, but that is all. Lazy, I know.

Good luck with your woodland.

Just thought I'd try to load a photo of my "garden" (Read "wet woodland overgrown with weeds").

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Oakleaf hydrangea would like your woods, but deer like it too.

wood chips over cardboard will smother the weeds (best to cut down the weeds so cardboard lays flatter, but can be stopped down -- if rainy will help hold cardboard down until you get the wood chips spread on top)

have to get all the weed seeds covered so none blow in as seeds will root in decomposing wood chips

walk the woods to patrol any seedlings that sprout

We're doing that in part of our backyard right now. If you don't have enough wood chips you can also use used coffee grounds or composted stable manure topped with wood chips.

**tree trimming companies may deliver for free or a small fee. Spread out a tarp for them to dump onto and keep the pile covered until spread. Wet chips are heavier. We've done it both ways.

Finally decided on a woodland type - Limestone-rich cove forest. We don't really have "cove forests" around here, but this spot is fairly protected, and it stays moist all year (except this year!). So, I have ordered a bunch of plants (some, I transplanted from around here)

Trees:

-Sugar Maple

-Basswood

-Yellow Buckeye

-Mountain Silverbell

-Fraser Magnolia (that was a hard one to locate)

-Umbrella magnolia

-Flowering Dogwood

-Redbud

For shrubs, I've found:

-American bladdernut

-Spicebush (common around here anyways)

The forest floor appears to be the most diverse. Most of the plants from the Limestone-rich Appalachian Cove Forests grow around here anyways, and the ones that don't look fairly simple to grow. I've ordered tons of wildflowers, ferns, and sedges - All I've got right now is a solid cover of bur sedge, woodland ryegrass, and some annoying plant with sticky burs on it. Should be a different picture 5 to 10 years from now!

What a wonderful piece of property! Your plan sounds marvelous. Keep pictures coming as you plant!