Northern Wet Meadow Plant List
Graminoids
- fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex lacustris, C. lasiocarpa, C. stricta, C. utriculata, C. vesicaria, and others)
- twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
- spike-rush (Eleocharis erythropoda and E. palustris)
- rattlesnake grass (Glyceria canadensis)
- marsh wild-timothy (Muhlenbergia glomerata)
- fowl meadow grass (Poa palustris)
- green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens)
Forbs
- swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
- water-hemlocks (Cicuta bulbifera and C. maculata)
- swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum)
- marsh cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
- flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
- downy willow-herb (Epilobium strictum)
- common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- 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)
- cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
- common water horehound (Lycopus americanus)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- swamp candles (Lysimachia terrestris)
- tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora)
- wild mint (Mentha canadensis)
- water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia)
- great water dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
- common arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
- common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)
- tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima)
- Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
- late goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
- swamp goldenrod (Solidago patula)
- rough goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
- 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)
- marsh violet (Viola cucullata)
Ferns
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Shrubs
- tag alder (Alnus incana)
- bog birch (Betula pumila)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- sweet gale (Myrica gale)
- willows (Salix spp.)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
- steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
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 12, 2024).