Volcanic Cliff Plant List
Graminoids
- poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)
Forbs
- yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
- low bindweed (Calystegia spithamea)
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)
- small blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora)
- large-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- early saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis)
- balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
- downy Solomon seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
Ferns
- maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
- common polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
- rusty woodsia (Woodsia ilvensis)
Woody Vines
- poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
Shrubs
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- redstem ceanothus (Ceanothus sanguineus)
- bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
- ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)
- wild rose (Rosa acicularis)
- red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
- snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Trees
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
- serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)
- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
- white pine (Pinus strobus)
- red oak (Quercus rubra)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- basswood (Tilia americana)
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).