Graminoids
- marram grass (Ammophila breviligulata)
- wavy hair grass (Avenella flexuosa)
- sand reed grass (Calamovilfa longifolia)
- ebony sedge (Carex eburnea)
- rough sand sedge (Cyperus schweinitzii)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- wheat grass (Elymus lanceolatus)
- slender wheat grass (Elymus trachycaulus)
- Rocky Mountain fescue (Festuca saximontana)
- June grass (Koeleria macrantha)
- rough-leaved rice-grass (Oryzopsis asperifolia)
- switch grass (Panicum virgatum)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Forbs
- wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
- common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- lance-leaved coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- hairy bedstraw (Galium pilosum)
- plains puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)
- Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- starry false Solomon-seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- cow-wheat (Melampyrum lineare)
- rock sandwort (Minuartia michauxii)
- horse mint (Monarda punctata)
- clammy cudweed (Pseudognaphalium macounii)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
Lichens
- reindeer lichens (Cladina mitis and C. rangiferina)
- British soldiers lichen (Cladonia cristatella)
Mosses
- Leucobryum moss (Leucobryum glaucum)
- tortured tortella moss (Tortella tortuosa)
Woody Vines
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)
- beach heath (Hudsonia tomentosa)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
- sand cherry (Prunus pumila)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
Trees
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- 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, 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).