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Michigan Natural Features Inventory

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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, 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: May 28, 2026).