Northern Fen Plant List
Graminoids
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex aquatilis, C. buxbaumii, C. chordorrhiza, C. exilis, C. flava, C. interior, C. lasiocarpa, C. leptalea, C. limosa, C. livida, C. sterilis, C. stricta, and others)
- twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
- panic grass (Dichanthelium lindheimeri)
- three-way sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum)
- spike-rushes (Eleocharis elliptica, E. rostellata, and others)
- cotton-grasses (Eriophorum angustifolium and E. viridi-carinatum)
- rush (Juncus brachycephalus)
- marsh wild-timothy (Muhlenbergia glomerata)
- common reed (Phragmites australis subsp. americanus)
- white beak-rush (Rhynchospora alba)
- beak-rush (Rhynchospora capillacea)
- alpine bulrush (Trichophorum alpinum)
- tufted bulrush (Trichophorum cespitosum)
Forbs
- white camas (Anticlea elegans)
- dragon’s mouth (Arethusa bulbosa)
- flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
- round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
- small fringed gentian (Gentianopsis virgata)
- wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
- Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
- bog buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)
- tall white bog orchid (Platanthera dilatata)
- silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
- bird’s-eye primrose (Primula mistassinica)
- round-leaved pyrola (Pyrola americana)
- pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- Ohio goldenrod (Solidago ohioensis)
- bog goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa)
- nodding ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
- rush aster (Symphyotrichum boreale)
- false asphodel (Triantha glutinosa)
- marsh St. John’s-wort (Triadenum fraseri)
- common bog arrow-grass (Triglochin maritima)
Mosses
- brown mosses (Family Amblystegiaceae)
- sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)
Shrubs
- tag alder (Alnus incana)
- bog birch (Betula pumila)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
- creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
- sweet gale (Myrica gale)
- alder-leaved buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)
- sage willow (Salix candida)
- bog willow (Salix pedicellaris)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
Trees
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- black spruce (Picea mariana)
- 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 21, 2024).