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, M.E. Anderson, M.R. Parr, T.J. Bassett, and K.M. Korroch. 2025. Michigan Natural Community Classification [web application]. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, MI. Available https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/classification. (Accessed: March 19, 2026).