Granite Bedrock Lakeshore Plant List
Graminoids
- ticklegrass (Agrostis scabra)
- wavy hair grass (Avenella flexuosa)
- blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
- wool-grass (Scirpus cyperinus)
Forbs
- yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
- cow-wheat (Melampyrum lineare)
- three-toothed cinquefoil (Sibbaldiopsis tridentata)
- old-field goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
Ferns
- fragile fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
- common polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
- rusty woodsia (Woodsia ilvensis)
Shrubs
- mountain alder (Alnus viridis)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- wild rose (Rosa acicularis)
- low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
- Canada blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
Trees
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- mountain-ash (Sorbus decora)
- 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).