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, 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 21, 2024).