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, 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 17, 2026).