Sandstone Lakeshore Cliff Plant List
Graminoids
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
Forbs
- yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- hairy hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- marsh pea (Lathyrus palustris)
- Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- bird’s-eye primrose (Primula mistassinica)
- three-toothed cinquefoil (Sibbaldiopsis tridentata)
- marsh violet (Viola cucullata)
Ferns
- lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
- fragile fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
- spinulose woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana)
- northern beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)
Fern Allies
- common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Shrubs
- mountain alder (Alnus viridis)
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
- wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
- willows (Salix bebbiana, S. discolor, and others)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
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).