Rich Conifer Swamp Plant List

Graminoids

• blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
• sedges (Carex disperma, C. eburnea, C. gynocrates, C. interior, C. leptalea, C. pedunculata, C. trisperma, C. vaginata, and others)
• fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata)
• cut grass (Leersia oryzoides)
• fowl meadow grass (Poa palustris)

Forbs

• wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
• Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
• marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
• small enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea alpina)
• bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)
• goldthread (Coptis trifolia)
• lady-slippers (Cypripedium spp.)
• willow-herbs (Epilobium spp.)
• fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
• purple avens (Geum rivale)
• creeping rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera repens)
• tesselated rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera tesselata)
• jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
• wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
• twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
• Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
• false mayflower (Maianthemum trifolium)
• partridge berry (Mitchella repens)
• naked miterwort (Mitella nuda)
• one-flowered pyrola (Moneses uniflora)
• broad-leaved twayblade (Neottia convallarioides)
• heartleaf twayblade (Neottia cordata)
• one-sided pyrola (Orthilia secunda)
• sweet-coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus)
• northern green orchid (Platanthera aquilonis)
• club-spur orchid (Platanthera clavellata)
• Lake Huron green orchid (Platanthera huronensis)
• blunt-leaved orchid (Platanthera obtusata)
• gay-wings (Polygala paucifolia)
• pyrolas (Pyrola americana and P. asarifolia)
• common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)
• mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
• starflower (Trientalis borealis)
• violets (Viola spp.)

Ferns

• bulblet fern (Cystopteris bulbifera)
• wood ferns (Dryopteris spp.)
• oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
• sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
• cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
• northern beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)
• marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)

Fern Allies

• water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
• dwarf scouring rush (Equisetum scirpoides)
• woodland horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)

Mosses

• ribbed bog moss (Aulacomnium palustre)
• calliergon moss (Calliergon cordifolium)
• big red stem moss (Pleurozium schreberi)
• sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)

Woody Vines

• red honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)
• hairy honeysuckle (Lonicera hirsuta)
• poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Shrubs

• tag alder (Alnus incana)
• bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
• round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)
• red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
• creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula)
• wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
• huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)
• mountain holly (Ilex mucronata)
• winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
• Canadian fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
• swamp fly honeysuckle (Lonicera oblongifolia)
• alder-leaved buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)
• Labrador-tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
• currants (Ribes americanum, R. hirtellum, R. hudsonianum, R. lacustre, and R. triste)
• dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
• blueberries (Vaccinium spp.)

Trees

• balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
• red maple (Acer rubrum)
• yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
• paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
• black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
• tamarack (Larix laricina)
• black spruce (Picea mariana)
• white spruce (Picea glauca)
• white pine (Pinus strobus)
• balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
• quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
• northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
• hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
• American elm (Ulmus americana)