Limestone Cliff Plant List
Graminoids
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
Forbs
- wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
- Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- starflower (Trientalis borealis)
Ferns
- wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)
- maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
- slender rock-brake (Cryptogramma stelleri)
- bulblet fern (Cystopteris bulbifera)
- fragile fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
- oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
- smooth cliff-brake (Pellaea glabella)
- common polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
- bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Oregon woodsia (Woodsia oregana)
Fern Allies
- dwarf scouring rush (Equisetum scirpoides)
Woody Vines
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Shrubs
- round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- Canadian fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
- red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- Canada yew (Taxus canadensis)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- 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 30, 2024).