Southern Shrub-carr Plant List
Graminoids
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex comosa, C. hystericina, C. lacustris, C. leptalea, C. stricta, and others)
- rattlesnake grass (Glyceria canadensis)
- fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata)
- cut grass (Leersia oryzoides)
- fowl meadow grass (Poa palustris)
- softstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)
- bulrush (Scirpus pendulus)
Forbs
- water plantain (Alisma subcordatum)
- Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
- thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
- swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
- hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
- water hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
- willow-herbs (Epilobium spp.)
- marsh fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
- common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
- bedstraws (Galium asprellum, G. boreale, G. triflorum, and others)
- purple avens (Geum rivale)
- great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- golden ragwort (Packera aurea)
- clearweed (Pilea pumila)
- great water dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
- common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)
- mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
- Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
- swamp goldenrod (Solidago patula)
- rough goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
- skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Ferns
- marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Fern Allies
- water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Shrubs
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- bog birch (Betula pumila)
- buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)
- gray dogwood (Cornus foemina)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- swamp gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)
- swamp rose (Rosa palustris)
- dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
- wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
- Bebb’s willow (Salix bebbiana)
- pussy willow (Salix discolor)
- willow (Salix eriocephala)
- sandbar willow (Salix exigua)
- slender willow (Salix petiolaris)
- autumn willow (Salix serissima)
- elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
- poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)
- smooth highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
- nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- American elm (Ulmus americana)
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, M.E. Anderson, M.R. Parr, T.J. Bassett, and K.M. Korroch. 2025. Michigan Natural Community Classification [web application]. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, MI. Available https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/classification. (Accessed: April 11, 2026).