Bog Plant List
Graminoids
- few-seed sedge (Carex oligosperma)
- few-flower sedge (Carex pauciflora)
- cotton-grasses (Eriophorum angustifolium, E. vaginatum, E. virginicum, and others)
- white beak-rush (Rhynchospora alba)
- wool-grass (Scirpus cyperinus)
Forbs
- wild calla (Calla palustris)
- grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus)
- marsh cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
- pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
- spatulate-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia)
- round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
- bog buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
- white fringed orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)
- rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
- pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- arrow-grass (Scheuchzeria palustris)
- bog goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa)
- horned bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)
- bog bladderwort (Utricularia geminiscapa)
- yellow-eyed grasses (Xyris montana and X. torta)
Ferns
- Virginia chain-fern (Woodwardia virginica)
Mosses
- sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)
Shrubs
- bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla)
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
- mountain holly (Ilex mucronata)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
- bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia)
- Labrador-tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
- bog willow (Salix pedicellaris)
- low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
- smooth highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
- large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
- Canada blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
- small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
- wild-raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- black spruce (Picea mariana)
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
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).