Northern Shrub Thicket Plant List
Graminoids
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- lake sedge (Carex lacustris)
- retrorse sedge (Carex retrorsa)
- tussock sedge (Carex stricta)
- rattlesnake grass (Glyceria canadensis)
- fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata)
- cut grass (Leersia oryzoides)
- fowl meadow grass (Poa palustris)
- green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens)
Forbs
- marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
- marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)
- marsh cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
- common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
- rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- wild mint (Mentha canadensis)
- monkey-flower (Mimulus ringens)
- golden ragwort (Packera aurea)
- great water dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
- common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)
- mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
- Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
- late goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
- rough goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
- panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
- swamp aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
- skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
Ferns
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
- royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
- marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Fern Allies
- common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Shrubs
- tag alder (Alnus incana)
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- bog birch (Betula pumila)
- silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- sweet gale (Myrica gale)
- wild black currant (Ribes americanum)
- swamp rose (Rosa palustris)
- swamp dewberry (Rubus hispidus)
- dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
- wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
- willows (Salix bebbiana, S. discolor, S. exigua, S. petiolaris)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
- wild-raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)
- American highbush-cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- black spruce (Picea mariana)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- 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).