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Michigan Natural Features Inventory

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Volcanic Cobble Shore Plant List

Graminoids

  • blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
  • tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
  • blue wild-rye (Elymus glaucus)

Forbs

  • fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
  • grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
  • marsh pea (Lathyrus palustris)
  • evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

Fern Allies

  • scouring rush (Equisetum hyemale)

Shrubs

  • mountain alder (Alnus viridis)
  • red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
  • bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
  • ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
  • northern gooseberry (Ribes oxyacanthoides)
  • wild rose (Rosa acicularis)
  • wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
  • soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)

Trees

  • balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
  • paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
  • white spruce (Picea glauca)
  • 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: May 25, 2026).