Oak Openings Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- sedges (Carex bicknellii, C. brevior, C.meadii, and others)
- panic grasses (Dichanthelium spp.)
- porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea)
- switch grass (Panicum virgatum)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Forbs
- hog-peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
- thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
- pussytoes (Antennaria howellii and A. parlinii)
- spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
- pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
- milkweeds (Asclepias purpurascens, A. syriaca, A. tuberosa, A. verticillata, and A. viridiflora)
- white false indigo (Baptisia lactea)
- false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
- tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- tick-trefoils (Desmodium spp.)
- daisy fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)
- upland boneset (Eupatorium sessilifolium)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- American columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)
- northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
- white gentian (Gentiana alba)
- wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- woodland sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
- western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
- pale-leaved sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)
- veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus)
- bush-clovers (Lespedeza capitata, L. frutescens, L. hirta, L. violacea, and L. virginica)
- hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
- wild lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- wild-bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- wood-betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
- prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- Solomon-seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
- common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis)
- yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- starry campion (Silene stellata)
- goldenrods (Solidago caesia, S. juncea, S. nemoralis, S. rigida, and S. speciosa)
- asters (Symphyotrichum laeve, S. oolentangiense, and S. pilosum)
- yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- feverwort (Triosteum perfoliatum)
- Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
- American vetch (Vicia americana)
- pale vetch (Vicia caroliniana)
- golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Ferns
- 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
- leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
- New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- gray dogwood (Cornus foemina)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- American plum (Prunus americana)
- pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
- northern dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
- sumacs (Rhus copallina, R. glabra, and R. typhina)
- prairie willow (Salix humilis)
Trees
- pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
- shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
- white oak (Quercus alba)
- bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
- dwarf chinquapin oak (Quercus prinoides)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- black oak (Quercus velutina)
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).