Alvar Plant List
Graminoids
- ticklegrass (Agrostis scabra)
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- prairie brome (Bromus kalmii)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- Crawe’s sedge (Carex crawei)
- Richardson’s sedge (Carex richardsonii)
- bulrush sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
- flattened spike-rush (Eleocharis compressa)
- golden-seeded spike-rush (Eleocharis elliptica)
- mat muhly (Muhlenbergia richardsonis)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
- prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Forbs
- small pussytoes (Antennaria howellii)
- wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- hairy rock cress (Arabis pycnocarpa)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
- field chickweed (Cerastium arvense)
- Hill’s thistle (Cirsium hillii)
- limestone calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- prairie cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- Carolina crane’s-bill (Geranium carolinianum)
- prairie-smoke (Geum triflorum)
- early saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis)
- rock sandwort (Minuartia michauxii)
- wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis)
- small skullcap (Scutellaria parvula)
- old-field goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
- upland white goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides)
Lichens
- reindeer lichens (Cladina mitis and C. rangiferina)
- felt lichen (Peltigera canina)
Mosses
- schistidium mosses (Schistidium spp.)
- tortella moss (Tortella spp.)
Shrubs
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
- sand cherry (Prunus pumila)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Trees
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
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).