Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- wavy hair grass (Avenella flexuosa)
- prairie brome (Bromus kalmii)
- Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- slender sand sedge (Cyperus lupulinus)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- panic grasses (Dichanthelium spp.)
- slender wheat grass (Elymus trachycaulus)
- purple love grass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
- rough fescue (Festuca altaica)
- June grass (Koeleria macrantha)
- rough-leaved rice grass (Oryzopsis asperifolia)
- rice grass (Piptatherum pungens)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Forbs
- pale agoseris (Agoseris glauca)
- pussytoes (Antennaria howellii and A. parlinii)
- wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- Hill’s thistle (Cirsium hillii)
- common rockrose (Crocanthemum canadense)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
- hawkweeds (Hieracium kalmii and H. venosum)
- long-leaved bluets (Houstonia longifolia)
- rough blazing-star (Liatris aspera)
- cylindrical blazing-star (Liatris cylindracea)
- northern blazing-star (Liatris scariosa)
- hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
- hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
- cow-wheat (Melampyrum lineare)
- horse mint (Monarda punctata)
- blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis)
- racemed milkwort (Polygala polygama)
- jointweed (Polygonella articulata)
- goldenrods (Solidago hispida, S. nemoralis, and S. ptarmicoides)
- slender ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes lacera)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- birdfoot violet (Viola pedata)
Ferns
- bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
Lichens
- reindeer lichens (Cladina spp.)
Shrubs
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spicata and others)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina)
- trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens)
- sand cherry (Prunus pumila)
- Alleghany plum (Prunus umbellata)
- northern dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
- prairie willow (Salix humilis)
- low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
- Canada blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
Trees
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- aspens (Populus grandidentata and P. tremuloides)
- black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
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).