Dry-mesic Southern Forest Plant List
Graminoids
- autumn bent (Agrostis perennans)
- long-awned wood grass (Brachyelytrum erectum)
- Canada brome (Bromus pubescens)
- sedges (Carex albursina, C. cephalophora, C. communis, C. digitalis, C. pensylvanica, C. rosea, and others)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- panic grasses (Dichanthelium spp.)
- bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)
- nodding fescue (Festuca subverticillata)
- cut-leaved rice-grass (Oryzopsis asperifolia)
Forbs
- doll’s eyes (Actaea pachypoda)
- tall agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)
- hog-peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
- wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
- false foxglove (Aureolaria spp.)
- enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea canadensis)
- wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- bedstraws (Galium circaezans, G. triflorum, and others)
- wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- round-leaved hepatica (Hepatica americana)
- pointed-leaf tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum)
- naked-flower tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum)
- Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- hairy sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)
- jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)
- lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
- may apple (Podophyllum peltatum)
- large-leaved shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
- black snakeroots (Sanicula spp.)
- bluestem goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
- elm-leaved goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia)
- early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)
- rue-anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
- common trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
- large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
- merrybells (Uvularia sessilifolia)
- downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens)
Ferns
- rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus)
- bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
Woody Vines
- Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- bristly greenbrier (Smilax hispida)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- summer grape (Vitis aestivalis)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- gray dogwood (Cornus foemina)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
- huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)
- witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)
- common blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)
- black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
- wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
- low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
- Canada blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
- hillside blueberry (Vaccinium pallidum)
- maple-leaved arrow-wood (Viburnum acerifolium)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- juneberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
- pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
- shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
- alternate-leaved dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
- flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
- black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- white oak (Quercus alba)
- northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- black oak (Quercus velutina)
- sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- basswood (Tilia 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: December 21, 2024).