Muskeg Plant List
Graminoids
- sedges (Carex oligosperma, C. pauciflora, C. trisperma, and others)
- cotton-grasses (Eriophorum angustifolium, E. vaginatum, and E. virginicum)
- white beak-rush (Rhynchospora alba)
Forbs
- goldthread (Coptis trifolia)
- pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
- spatulate-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia)
- round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
- false mayflower (Maianthemum trifolium)
- bog buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
- bog aster (Oclemena nemoralis)
- pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- arrow-grass (Scheuchzeria palustris)
- starflower (Trientalis borealis)
Mosses
- ribbed bog moss (Aulacomnium palustre)
- big red stem moss (Pleurozium schreberi)
- pohlia moss (Pohlia nutans)
- sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)
Shrubs
- bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla)
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
- creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula)
- wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
- mountain holly (Ilex mucronata)
- bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia)
- Labrador-tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
- low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
- large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
- Canada blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
- small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
Trees
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- black spruce (Picea mariana)
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
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).