Hillside Prairie Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
- Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea)
- wood-rushes (Luzula acuminata and L. multiflora)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Forbs
- thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
- wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- milkweeds (Asclepias amplexicaulis, A. verticillata, and others)
- kitten-tails (Besseya bullii)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- spring-beauty (Claytonia virginica)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- common whitlow-grass (Draba reptans)
- robin’s-plantain (Erigeron pulchellus)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- American columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)
- northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
- pale avens (Geum virginianum)
- round-leaved hepatica (Hepatica americana)
- alum roots (Heuchera richardsonii and H. americana)
- cylindrical blazing-star (Liatris cylindracea)
- northern blazing-star (Liatris scariosa)
- hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- prairie ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- hairy beard-tongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
- Seneca snakeroot (Polygala senega)
- early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis)
- old-field goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
- elm-leaved goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia)
- asters (Symphyotrichum laeve, S. urophyllum, and S. sericeum)
- yellow-pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)
- rue-anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
- birdfoot violet (Viola pedata)
- prairie golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)
Woody Vines
- summer grape (Vitis aestivalis)
Shrubs
- New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- dogwoods (Cornus spp.)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- winged sumac (Rhus copallina)
- staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)
Trees
- juneberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
- flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- white oak (Quercus alba)
- black oak (Quercus velutina)
- sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
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).