Floodplain Forest Plant List
Graminoids
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex crinita, C. grayi, C. hirtifolia, C. intumescens, C. lacustris, C. lupulina, C. muskingumensis, C. stricta, C. tuckermanii, and others)
- wood reedgrass (Cinna arundinacea)
- beak grass (Diarrhena obovata)
- riverbank wild-rye (Elymus riparius)
- Virginia wild-rye (Elymus virginicus)
- fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata)
- cut grass (Leersia oryzoides)
- white grass (Leersia virginica)
Forbs
- wild leeks (Allium burdickii and A. tricoccum)
- wild garlic (Allium canadense)
- green dragon (Arisaema dracontium)
- jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- wild ginger (Asarum canadense)
- false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
- blue cohoshes (Caulophyllum giganteum and C. thalictroides)
- turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
- honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
- flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
- white trout lily (Erythronium albidum)
- yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
- green-stemmed joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
- false mermaid (Floerkea proserpinacoides)
- wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- white avens (Geum canadense)
- Jerusalem-artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
- cow-parsnip (Heracleum maximum)
- great waterleaf (Hydrophyllum appendiculatum)
- Canada waterleaf (Hydrophyllum canadense)
- Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- southern blue flag (Iris virginica)
- wood nettle (Laportea canadensis)
- Michigan lily (Lilium michiganense)
- cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
- Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
- golden ragwort (Packera aurea)
- arrow-arum (Peltandra virginica)
- jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)
- clearweed (Pilea pumila)
- Solomon-seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
- pickerel-weed (Pontederia cordata)
- swamp buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
- water dock (Rumex verticillatus)
- black snakeroots (Sanicula marilandica and S. odorata)
- lizard’s tail (Saururus cernuus)
- carrion flower (Smilax ecirrata)
- goldenrods (Solidago spp.)
- side-flowering aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- wood-sage (Teucrium canadense)
- purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
- drooping trillium (Trillium flexipes)
- common trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
- stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
- violets (Viola spp.)
Ferns
- maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum)
- bulblet fern (Cystopteris bulbifera)
- wood ferns (Dryopteris spp.)
- ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
- New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
Fern Allies
- field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Woody Vines
- American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
- wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)
- moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
- Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- dogwoods (Cornus spp.)
- whorled loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus)
- wahoo (Euonymus atropurpurea)
- spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- sandbar willow (Salix exigua)
- bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
- black-haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
- prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)
Trees
- box elder (Acer negundo)
- black maple (Acer nigrum)
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana)
- bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
- shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
- hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- hawthorns (Crataegus spp.)
- beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- pumpkin ash (Fraxinus profunda)
- blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
- honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Kentucky coffee-tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
- butternut (Juglans cinerea)
- black walnut (Juglans nigra)
- red mulberry (Morus rubra)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
- bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- peach-leaf willow (Salix amygdaloides)
- black willow (Salix nigra)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- basswood (Tilia americana)
- hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
- 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: October 8, 2024).