Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- fork-tipped three-awned grass (Aristida basiramea)
- three-awned grass (Aristida purpurascens)
- wavy hair grass (Avenella flexuosa)
- Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- slender sand sedge (Cyperus lupulinus)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- panic grasses (Dichanthelium spp.)
- fall witch grass (Digitaria cognata)
- purple love grass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
- porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea)
- June grass (Koeleria macrantha)
- black oatgrass (Piptochaetium avenaceum)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Forbs
- pussytoes (Antennaria howellii and A. parlinii)
- wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
- milkweeds (Asclepias amplexicaulis, A. syriaca, A. tuberosa, and A. viridiflora)
- false foxgloves (Aureolaria flava, a. pedicularia, and A. virginica)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- Hill’s thistle (Cirsium hillii)
- sand coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- common rockrose (Crocanthemum canadense)
- prairie cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- woodland sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
- western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
- hawkweeds (Hieracium kalmii and H. venosum)
- long-leaved bluets (Houstonia longifolia)
- false dandelion (Krigia biflora)
- dwarf dandelion (Krigia virginica)
- hairy bush-clover (Lespedeza hirta)
- rough blazing-star (Liatris aspera)
- cylindrical blazing-star (Liatris cylindracea)
- northern blazing-star (Liatris scariosa)
- hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
- hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
- wild lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- horse mint (Monarda punctata)
- blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis)
- prickly-pear (Opuntia humifusa)
- wood-betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
- prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- racemed milkwort (Polygala polygama)
- jointweed (Polygonella articulata)
- early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis)
- goldenrods (Solidago caesia, S. hispida, S. juncea, S. nemoralis, and S. speciosa)
- prairie heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
- yellow-pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- goats-rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
- birdfoot violet (Viola pedata)
Ferns
- bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
Shrubs
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina)
- hazelnuts (Corylus americana and C. cornuta)
- huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)
- American plum (Prunus americana)
- sand cherry (Prunus pumila)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
- northern dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
- prairie willow (Salix humilis)
- low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- juneberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- hawthorns (Crataegus spp.)
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- white pine (Pinus strobus )
- big-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- white oak (Quercus alba)
- northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
- 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 12, 2024).