Open Dunes Plant List
Graminoids
- marram grass (Ammophila breviligulata)
- sand reed grass (Calamovilfa longifolia)
- rough sand sedge (Cyperus schweinitzii)
- wheat grasses (Elymus lanceolatus and E. trachycaulus)
- Rocky Mountain fescue (Festuca saximontana)
- June grass (Koeleria macrantha)
- switch grass (Panicum virgatum)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Forbs
- red anemone (Anemone multifida)
- sand cress (Arabidopsis lyrata)
- wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
- common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- sea rocket (Cakile edentula)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri )
- sand coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- bugseeds (Corispermum americanum and C. pallasii)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- seaside spurge (Euphorbia polygonifolia)
- beach pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
- plains puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
- starry false Solomon-seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- horse mint (Monarda punctata)
- jointweed (Polygonella articulata)
- silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
- Gillman’s goldenrod (Solidago simplex)
- Lake Huron tansy (Tanacetum bipinnatum)
Woody Vines
- American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- beach heath (Hudsonia tomentosa)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
- sand cherry (Prunus pumila)
- hop tree (Ptelea trifoliata)
- wild roses (Rosa acicularis and R. blanda)
- pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
- willows (Salix cordata, S. exigua, and S. myricoides)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
- blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium and V. myrtilloides)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- pines (Pinus banksiana, P. resinosa, and P. strobus)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- big-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- black oak (Quercus velutina)
- sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- basswood (Tilia americana)
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 15, 2024).