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, 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 11, 2026).