Poor Fen Plant List

Graminoids

• sedges (Carex chordorrhiza, C. exilis, C. lasiocarpa, C. limosa, C. livida, C. oligosperma, C. pauciflora, and others)
• twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
• three-way sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum)
• cotton-grasses (Eriophorum angustifolium, E. vaginatum, and E. virginicum)
• white beak-rush (Rhynchospora alba)
• tufted bulrush (Trichophorum cespitosum)

Forbs

• marsh cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
• spatulate-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia)
• round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
• fringed willow-herb (Epilobium ciliatum)
• grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
• wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
• swamp candles (Lysimachia terrestris)
• false mayflower (Maianthemum trifolium)
• bog buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
• bog aster (Oclemena nemoralis)
• pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
• arrow-grass (Scheuchzeria palustris)
• bog goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa)
• rush aster (Symphyotrichum boreale)
• common bog arrow-grass (Triglochin maritima)
• bladderworts (Utricularia cornuta and U. intermedia)

Mosses

• sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)

Shrubs

• bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla)
• black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
• bog birch (Betula pumila)
• leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
• Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
• mountain holly (Ilex mucronata)
• bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia)
• sweet gale (Myrica gale)
• Labrador-tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
• bog willow (Salix pedicellaris)
• meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
• steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)
• large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
• small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
• wild-raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)

Trees

• tamarack (Larix laricina)
• black spruce (Picea mariana)
• jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
• white pine (Pinus strobus)