Southern Wet Meadow Plant List
Graminoids
- fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex aquatilis, C. bebbii, C. comosa, C. hystericina, C. lacustris, C. lasiocarpa, C. pellita, C. prairea, C. utriculata, C. sartwellii, C. stipata, C. stricta, C. vulpinoidea, and others)
- bald spike-rush (Eleocharis erythropoda)
- marsh wild-timothy (Muhlenbergia glomerata)
- leafy satin grass (Muhlenbergia mexicana)
- fowl meadow grass (Poa palustris)
Forbs
- swamp agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora)
- Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
- thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
- angelica (Angelica atropurpurea)
- swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
- water hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera)
- swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum)
- flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
- common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
- rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
- bog bedstraw (Galium labradoricum)
- small bedstraw (Galium trifidum)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
- marsh pea (Lathyrus palustris)
- Michigan lily (Lilium michiganense)
- great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora)
- water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia)
- clearweed (Pilea pumila)
- common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- great water dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
- common arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
- common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)
- Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
- late goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
- swamp goldenrod (Solidago patula)
- rough goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
- smooth swamp aster (Symphyotrichum firmum)
- panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
- side-flowering aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- swamp aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
- purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
- marsh St. John’s-wort (Triadenum fraseri)
- broad-leaved cat-tail (Typha latifolia)
- blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
- Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica)
Ferns
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Shrubs
- silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)
- gray dogwood (Cornus foemina )
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- swamp gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)
- swamp rose (Rosa palustris)
- willows (Salix spp.)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
- poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)
- nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- American elm (Ulmus americana)
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 21, 2024).