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, 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 8, 2024).