Sinkhole Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex aurea, C. eburnea, C. flava, C. pensylvanica, C. viridula, and others)
- twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- common spike-rush (Eleocharis palustris)
- fowl manna grass (Glyceria striata)
- Canadian rush (Juncus canadensis)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus)
- green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens)
- cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
Forbs
- wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- marsh cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
- cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
- common water horehound (Lycopus americanus)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia)
- downy Solomon seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
- mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
Ferns
- lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
- rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus)
- bulblet fern (Cystopteris bulbifera)
- oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
- bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Woody Vines
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Shrubs
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina)
- bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- gray dogwood (Cornus foemina)
- round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- alder-leaved buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium and V. myrtilloides)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- pines (Pinus banksiana, P. resinosa, and P. strobus)
- big-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- basswood (Tilia americana)
- hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
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).