Lakeplain Oak Openings Plant List
Graminoids
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex aquatilis, C. pensylvanica, C. stricta, and others)
- twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
- panic grasses (Dichanthelium spp.)
- switch grass (Panicum virgatum)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
- cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
Forbs
- purple false foxglove (Agalinis purpurea)
- common false foxglove (Agalinis tenuifolia)
- colic root (Aletris farinosa)
- hog-peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
- Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
- thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
- milkweeds (Asclepias incarnata, A. purpurascens, A. syriaca, A. tuberosa, A. verticillata, and others)
- false foxgloves (Aureolaria flava, a. pedicularia, and A. virginica)
- wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- sand coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- tick-trefoils (Desmodium spp.)
- flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
- woodland sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
- tall sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
- hairy bush-clover (Lespedeza hirta)
- rough blazing-star (Liatris aspera)
- cylindrical blazing-star (Liatris cylindracea)
- marsh blazing-star (Liatris spicata)
- Michigan lily (Lilium michiganense)
- wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
- hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
- wild lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
- wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- goldenrods (Solidago altissima, S. ohioensis, S. riddellii, S. rugosa, and others)
- prairie heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
- yellow-pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Ferns
- bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
Woody Vines
- Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- greenbriers (Smilax hispida and S. rotundifolia)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- summer grape (Vitis aestivalis)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- black chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)
- New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina)
- dogwoods (Cornus amomum, C. foemina, and C. sericea)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
- wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
- huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- cherries and plums (Prunus americana, P. pumila, and P. virginiana)
- sumacs (Rhus copallina and Rhus typhina)
- pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
- prairie rose (Rosa setigera)
- northern dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
- swamp dewberry (Rubus hispidus)
- willows (Salix eriocephala, S. humilis, and S. myricoides)
- blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium and V. myrtilloides)
- maple-leaved arrow-wood (Viburnum acerifolium)
Trees
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- juneberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
- pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
- shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
- hawthorns (Crataegus spp.)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- white oak (Quercus alba)
- swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
- bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- 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: November 21, 2024).