Volcanic Bedrock Lakeshore Plant List
Graminoids
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- sedges (Carex buxbaumii, C. castanea, C. cryptolepis, and C. rossii)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
- blue wild-rye (Elymus glaucus)
- Rocky Mountain fescue (Festuca saximontana)
- tufted bulrush (Trichophorum cespitosum)
- downy oat-grass (Trisetum spicatum)
Forbs
- yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- pale Indian paintbrush (Castilleja septentrionalis)
- fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- prairie cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
- bird’s-eye primrose (Primula mistassinica)
- pearlwort (Sagina nodosa)
- three-toothed cinquefoil (Sibbaldiopsis tridentata)
- upland white goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides)
- Gillman’s goldenrod (Solidago simplex)
- sand violet (Viola adunca)
- northern bog violet (Viola nephrophylla)
Fern Allies
- common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Lichens
- map lichens (Rhizocarpon spp.)
- orange wall lichen (Xanthoria spp.)
Mosses
- pseudoleskea mosses (Pseudoleskea spp.)
- schistidium mosses (Schistidium spp.)
- tortured tortella moss (Tortella tortuosa)
Shrubs
- mountain alder (Alnus viridis)
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- black hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
- sweet gale (Myrica gale)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- wild rose (Rosa acicularis)
- dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
- alpine blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- juneberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- 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 12, 2024).