Sandstone Bedrock Lakeshore Plant List
Graminoids
- little green sedge (Carex viridula)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
- Baltic rush (Juncus balticus)
- knotted rush (Juncus nodosus)
Forbs
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
- northern bugle weed (Lycopus uniflorus)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
- upland white goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides)
- Gillman’s goldenrod (Solidago simplex)
- purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
Shrubs
- mountain alder (Alnus viridis)
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- Canadian fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
- sweet gale (Myrica gale)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- wild rose (Rosa acicularis)
- thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Bebb’s willow (Salix bebbiana)
- pussy willow (Salix discolor)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- juneberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- 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 12, 2024).