Inundated Shrub Swamp Plant List
Graminoids
- short-awned foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex crinita, C. intumescens, C. lacustris, C. radiata, C. retrorsa, C. stricta, and others)
- three-way sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum)
- rattlesnake grass (Glyceria canadensis)
- floating manna grass (Glyceria septentrionalis)
- fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata)
- wool-grass (Scirpus cyperinus)
- puccinellia (Torreyochloa pallida)
Forbs
- swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- nodding bur-marigold (Bidens cernua)
- common beggar-ticks (Bidens frondosa)
- false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
- water hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- southern blue flag (Iris virginica)
- small duckweed (Lemna minor)
- common water horehound (Lycopus americanus)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora)
- clearweed (Pilea pumila)
- mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
- water parsnip (Sium suave)
- bur-reeds (Sparganium spp.)
- skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- common cat-tail (Typha latifolia)
Ferns
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
- Virginia chain-fern (Woodwardia virginica)
Woody Vines
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Shrubs
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)
- gray dogwood (Cornus foemina )
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- whorled loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- swamp rose (Rosa palustris)
- swamp dewberry (Rubus hispidus)
- Bebb’s willow (Salix bebbiana)
- pussy willow (Salix discolor)
- highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana)
- ashes (Fraxinus nigra and F. pennsylvanica)
- black gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
- cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
- pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- black willow (Salix nigra)
- 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: November 21, 2024).