Poor Conifer Swamp Plant List
Graminoids
- sedges (Carex oligosperma, C. pauciflora, C. trisperma, and others)
- sheathed cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum)
- tawny cotton-grass (Eriophorum virginicum)
- wool-grass (Scirpus cyperinus)
Forbs
- wild calla (Calla palustris)
- bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)
- goldthread (Coptis trifolia)
- pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
- round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
- wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
- Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- false mayflower (Maianthemum trifolium)
- pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- starflower (Trientalis borealis)
Ferns
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
- Virginia chain-fern (Woodwardia virginica)
Mosses
- ribbed bog moss (Aulacomnium palustre)
- big red stem moss (Pleurozium schreberi)
- pohlia moss (Pohlia nutans)
- sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)
Shrubs
- bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla)
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
- bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula)
- wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
- huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)
- mountain holly (Ilex mucronata)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
- bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia)
- Labrador-tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
- blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium, V. corymbosum, and V. myrtilloides)
- small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
- wild-raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- black spruce (Picea mariana)
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
Citation
Cohen, J.G., M.A. Kost, B.S. Slaughter, D.A. Albert, J.M. Lincoln, A.P. Kortenhoven, C.M. Wilton, H.D. Enander, and K.M. Korroch. 2020. Michigan Natural Community Classification [web application]. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, Michigan. Available https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/classification. (Accessed: November 3, 2024).