Great Lakes Marsh Plant List
Submergent Plants
- coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)
- common waterweed (Elodea canadensis)
- slender naiad (Najas flexilis)
- pondweeds (Potamogeton obtusifolius, P. pectinatus, P. richardsonii, P. robbinsii, P. zosteriformis, Stuckenia pectinata, and others)
- bladderworts (Utricularia intermedia, U. vulgaris, and others)
- water-celery (Vallisneria americana)
Rooted Floating-leaved Plants
- water-shield (Brasenia schreberi)
- variegated yellow pond-lilies (Nuphar advena and N. variegata)
- sweet-scented waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)
- pondweeds (Potamogeton gramineus, P. illinoensis, P. natans, and others)
Non-rooted Floating Plants
- small duckweed (Lemna minor)
- star duckweed (Lemna trisulca)
- red duckweed (Lemna turionifera)
- great duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)
- water meal (Wolffia spp.)
Emergent Plants
Graminoids
- ticklegrasses (Agrostis hyemalis and A. scabra)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- narrow-leaved reedgrass (Calamagrostis stricta)
- sedges (Carex aquatilis, C. bebbii, C. comosa, C. hystericina, C. lacustris, C. lasiocarpa, C. stricta, C. viridula, and others)
- twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
- Lindheimer’s panic grass (Dichanthelium lindheimeri)
- spike-rushes (Eleocharis acicularis, E. elliptica, E. palustris, E. quinqueflora, and others)
- rushes (Juncus balticus, J. brevicaudatus, J. canadensis, and others)
- cut grass (Leersia oryzoides)
- common reed (Phragmites australis subsp. americanus)
- beak-rush (Rhynchospora capillacea)
- hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus)
- threesquare (Schoenoplectus pungens)
- softstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)
- bulrushes (Scirpus atrovirens and S. cyperinus)
Forbs
- Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
- swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
- water hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera)
- limestone calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum)
- marsh cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
- common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
- small bedstraw (Galium trifidum)
- small fringed gentian (Gentianopsis virgata)
- swamp mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
- marsh pea (Lathyrus palustris)
- Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
- common water horehound (Lycopus americanus)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)
- water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia)
- pickerel-weed (Pontederia cordata)
- silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
- bird’s-eye primrose (Primula mistassinica)
- common arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
- common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)
- Ohio goldenrod (Solidago ohioensis)
- bur-reeds (Sparganium spp.)
- nodding ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
- panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
- bog arrow-grasses (Triglochin maritima and T. palustris)
- broad-leaved cat-tail (Typha latifolia)
- horned bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)
- blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
Ferns
- marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Fern Allies
- common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
- water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Shrubs
- tag alder (Alnus incana)
- silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
- sweet gale (Myrica gale)
- willows (Salix candida, S. exigua, S. petiolaris, and others)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
Trees
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
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).