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, 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).