Mesic Southern Forest Plant List
Graminoids
- autumn bent (Agrostis perennans)
- sedges (Carex albursina, C. arctata, C. blanda, C. communis, C. gracilescens, C. grisea, C. hirtifolia, C. jamesii, C. pedunculata, C. plantaginea, C. rosea, C. woodii, and others)
- nodding fescue (Festuca subverticillata)
- wood millet (Milium effusum)
- bluegrasses (Poa alsodes and P. sylvestris)
Forbs
- baneberries (Actaea pachypoda and A. rubra)
- wild leeks (Allium burdickii and A. tricoccum)
- Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- wild ginger (Asarum canadense)
- cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
- blue cohoshes (Caulophyllum giganteum and C. thalictroides)
- enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea canadensis)
- spring beauty (Claytonia virginica)
- squirrel-corn (Dicentra canadensis)
- Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
- false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum)
- beech drops (Epifagus virginiana)
- harbinger-of-spring (Erigenia bulbosa)
- yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
- false mermaid (Floerkea proserpinacoides)
- wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
- great waterleaf (Hydrophyllum appendiculatum)
- Canada waterleaf (Hydrophyllum canadense)
- Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
- pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)
- wood nettle (Laportea canadensis)
- Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- bishop’s-cap (Mitella diphylla)
- hairy sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)
- dwarf ginseng (Panax trifolius)
- May apple (Podophyllum peltatum)
- downy Solomon seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
- white lettuces (Prenanthes alba and P. altissima)
- bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- upright carrion-flower (Smilax ecirrata)
- bluestem goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
- common trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
- large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
- violets (Viola spp.)
Ferns
- maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum)
- lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
- rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus)
- silvery spleenwort (Deparia acrostichoides)
- spinulose woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana)
- Goldie’s woodfern (Dryopteris goldiana)
- evergreen woodfern (Dryopteris intermedia)
- marginal woodfern (Dryopteris marginalis)
- narrow-leaved spleenwort (Homalosorus pycnocarpos)
- broad beech-fern (Phegopteris hexagonoptera)
- Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
- New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
Woody Vines
- Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- greenbriers (Smilax spp.)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- leatherwood (Dirca palustris)
- witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
- Canadian fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
- prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)
- red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- maple-leaved arrow-wood (Viburnum acerifolium)
Trees
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana)
- bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
- shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
- alternate-leaved dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
- flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
- black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- white oak (Quercus alba)
- chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- basswood (Tilia americana)
- 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).