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, M.E. Anderson, M.R. Parr, T.J. Bassett, and K.M. Korroch. 2025. Michigan Natural Community Classification [web application]. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, MI. Available https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/classification. (Accessed: April 18, 2026).