Mesic Sand Prairie Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- rushes (Juncus canadensis and J. tenuis)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
- prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Forbs
- colic root (Aletris farinosa)
- thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
- spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
- tall green milkweed (Asclepias hirtella)
- butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- white false indigo (Baptisia lactea)
- wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
- Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- common rockrose (Crocanthemum canadense)
- showy tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
- flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
- rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
- bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
- tall sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
- alum root (Heuchera americana)
- false dandelions (Krigia biflora and K. virginica)
- round-headed bush-clover (Lespedeza capitata)
- blazing-stars (Liatris aspera, L. scariosa, and L. spicata)
- pale spiked lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
- wild lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- field milkwort (Polygala sanguinea)
- old-field cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
- common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- prairie heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
- Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica)
- arrow-leaved violet (Viola sagittata)
Fern Allies
- smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)
Shrubs
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- winged sumac (Rhus copallina)
- pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
- northern dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
- prairie willow (Salix humilis)
- meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
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).