Wet-mesic Prairie Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex bebbii, C. buxbaumii, C. pellita, C. stricta, and others)
- golden-seeded spike-rush (Eleocharis elliptica)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
- cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
Forbs
- purple false foxglove (Agalinis purpurea)
- swamp agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora)
- thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
- white camas (Anticlea elegans)
- hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum)
- rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
- bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
- fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita)
- marsh blazing-star (Liatris spicata)
- Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
- wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)
- common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
- goldenrods (Solidago gigantea, S. ohioensis, S. riddellii, and others)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
- purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
- Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
- golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Fern Allies
- common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Shrubs
- dogwoods (Cornus spp.)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- willows (Salix spp.)
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 6, 2024).