Mesic Prairie Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- Bicknell’s sedge (Carex bicknellii)
- Leiberg’s panic grass (Dichanthelium leibergii)
- panic grass (Dichanthelium oligosanthes)
- porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea)
- switch grass (Panicum virgatum)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
- cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
- prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Forbs
- thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
- pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
- butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- white false indigo (Baptisia lactea)
- false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
- tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- prairie tick-trefoil (Desmodium illinoense)
- wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)
- rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- American columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)
- bedstraws (Galium boreale and G. pilosum)
- wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
- pale-leaved sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)
- alum root (Heuchera americana)
- tall lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
- round-headed bush-clover (Lespedeza capitata)
- hairy bush-clover (Lespedeza hirta)
- hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis)
- yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- rosin weed (Silphium integrifolium)
- prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
- stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- prairie heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
- yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
- common spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
- Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
- prairie violet (Viola pedatifida)
- golden alexanders (Zizia aurea )
Shrubs
- leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
- New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
- prairie willow (Salix humilis)
Trees
- bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
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).