Dry-mesic Prairie Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- Bicknell’s sedge (Carex bicknellii)
- Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Forbs
- thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
- smooth pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii)
- pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
- milkweeds (Asclepias purpurascens, A. syriaca, A. tuberosa, A. verticillata, A. viridiflora, and others)
- white false indigo (Baptisia lactea)
- false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
- tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- tick-trefoils (Desmodium canadense, D. illinoense, and D. marilandicum)
- daisy fleabanes (Erigeron annuus and E. strigosus)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- American columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)
- western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
- tall lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
- round-headed bush-clover (Lespedeza capitata)
- hairy bush-clover (Lespedeza hirta)
- hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- Solomon-seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
- old-field cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
- yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- goldenrods (Solidago juncea, S. nemoralis, S. rigida, and S. speciosa)
- asters (Symphyotrichum laeve, S. oolentangiense, and S. pilosum)
- yellow-pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
- Culver’s-root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Shrubs
- leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
- New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- winged sumac (Rhus copallina)
- smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
- pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
- northern dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
- prairie willow (Salix humilis)
Trees
- white oak (Quercus alba)
- bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- dwarf chinquapin oak (Quercus prinoides)
- black oak (Quercus velutina)
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 21, 2024).