Sandstone Cliff Plant List
Graminoids
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
Forbs
- yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- hairy hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii)
- downy Solomon seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
- marsh violet (Viola cucullata)
Ferns
- maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
- lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
- slender rock-brake (Cryptogramma stelleri)
- fragile fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
- spinulose woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana)
- northern beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)
- common polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
- rusty woodsia (Woodsia ilvensis)
Fern Allies
- common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Woody Vines
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Shrubs
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- Canadian fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
- wild red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
- red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Trees
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
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: March 21, 2026).