Limestone Bedrock Glade Plant List
Graminoids
- Kalm’s brome (Bromus kalmii)
- beauty sedge (Carex concinna)
- ebony sedge (Carex eburnea)
- sedge (Carex garberi)
- Richardson’s sedge (Carex richardsonii)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
- Lindheimer’s panic grass (Dichanthelium lindheimeri)
- slender wheat grass (Elymus trachycaulus)
- rough-leaved rice grass (Oryzopsis asperifolia)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Forbs
- yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- small pussytoes (Antennaria howellii)
- white camas (Anticlea elegans)
- wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Cooper’s milk-vetch (Astragalus neglectus)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
- Hill’s thistle (Cirsium hillii)
- limestone calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum)
- bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
- lance-leaved coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- small yellow lady-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin)
- large yellow lady-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- barren-strawberry (Geum fragarioides)
- dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris )
- wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
- twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
- starry false Solomon-seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- cow-wheat (Melampyrum lineare)
- rock sandwort (Minuartia michauxii)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- sweet-coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus)
- Alaska orchid (Platanthera unalascensis)
- gay-wings (Polygala paucifolia)
- bird’s-eye primrose (Primula mistassinica)
- early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis)
- black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- old-field goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
- upland white goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
Ferns
- maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
- common polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
- bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
Lichens
- reindeer lichens (Cladina mitis and C. rangiferina)
- felt lichen (Peltigera canina)
Mosses
- schistidium mosses (Schistidium spp.)
- tortella moss (Tortella spp.)
Shrubs
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- alder-leaved buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)
- wild rose (Rosa blanda)
- dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens )
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- 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 21, 2024).