Rich Tamarack Swamp Plant List
Graminoids
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex bromoides, C. comosa, C. disperma, C. hystericina, C. lacustris, C. leptalea, C. stricta, and others)
- wood reedgrass (Cinna arundinacea)
- fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata)
- cut grass (Leersia oryzoides)
- fowl meadow grass (Poa palustris)
Forbs
- jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- nodding bur-marigold (Bidens cernua)
- tall swamp-marigold (Bidens trichosperma)
- false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
- marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
- spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
- Pennsylvania bitter cress (Cardamine pensylvanica)
- cuckoo-flower (Cardamine pratensis)
- turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
- water hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera)
- goldthread (Coptis trifolia)
- small yellow lady-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin)
- flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
- willow-herbs (Epilobium spp.)
- bedstraws (Galium asprellum, G. labradoricum, G. tinctorium, and others)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora)
- Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- false mayflower (Maianthemum trifolium)
- swamp saxifrage (Micranthes pensylvanica)
- bishop’s-cap (Mitella diphylla)
- golden ragwort (Packera aurea)
- clearweed (Pilea pumila)
- club-spur orchid (Platanthera clavellata)
- great water dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
- black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)
- pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)
- mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
- goldenrods (Solidago patula, S. rugosa, and others)
- smooth swamp aster (Symphyotrichum firmum)
- panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
- calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- swamp aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
- skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- starflower (Trientalis borealis)
- violets (Viola spp.)
Ferns
- crested shield fern (Dryopteris cristata)
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
- royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
- marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Fern Allies
- water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Mosses
- brown mosses (Family Amblystegiaceae)
- sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)
Woody Vines
- virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana)
- red honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)
- Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- bog birch (Betula pumila)
- dogwoods (Cornus amomum, C. foemina, and C. sericea)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- alder-leaved buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)
- swamp gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)
- swamp rose (Rosa palustris)
- dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
- wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
- willows (Salix bebbiana, S. discolor, S. serissima, and others)
- poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)
- smooth highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
- nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana)
- black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
- 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: December 21, 2024).