Lakeplain Wet-mesic Prairie Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex aurea, C. buxbaumii, C. crawei, C. prairea, C. stricta, C. tetanica, and others)
- twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
- western panic grass (Dichanthelium implicatum)
- slender wheat grass (Elymus trachycaulus)
- rushes (Juncus brachycephalus, Juncus greenei, Juncus torreyi, and others)
- switch grass (Panicum virgatum)
- common reed (Phragmites australis subsp. americanus)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- bulrush (Scirpus pendulus)
- nut-rush (Scleria verticillata)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
- cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
Forbs
- purple false foxglove (Agalinis purpurea)
- common false foxglove (Agalinis tenuifolia)
- swamp agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora)
- colic root (Aletris farinosa)
- Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
- tuberous Indian plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum)
- tall green milkweed (Asclepias hirtella)
- swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)
- Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)
- butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- white lady-slipper (Cypripedium candidum)
- bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
- small fringed gentian (Gentianopsis virgata)
- sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
- tall sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
- marsh blazing-star (Liatris spicata)
- Michigan lily (Lilium michiganense)
- small yellow flax (Linum medium)
- pale spiked lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
- whorled loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora)
- winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- swamp-betony (Pedicularis lanceolata)
- foxglove beard-tongue (Penstemon digitalis)
- prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
- silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
- common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium spp.)
- goldenrods (Solidago gigantea, S. ohioensis, and S. riddellii)
- nodding ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes cernua and S. magnicamporum)
- asters (Symphyotrichum ericoides, S. lanceolatum, and S. novae-angliae)
- wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
- Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica)
- Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
- golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Shrubs
- dogwoods (Cornus spp.)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
- prairie rose (Rosa setigera)
- dewberries and raspberries (Rubus spp.)
- willows (Salix spp.)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
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).