Clay Bluffs Plant List
Graminoids
- marram grass (Ammophila breviligulata)
- golden-fruited sedge (Carex aurea)
- rushes (Juncus brachycephalus, J. canadensis, J. tenuis, and J. torreyi)
- green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens)
Forbs
- fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- small fringed gentian (Gentianopsis virgata)
- jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
- grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)
- goldenrods (Solidago canadensis, S. nemoralis, S. rugosa, and S. uliginosa)
- side-flowering aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
Fern Allies
- common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
- scouring rush (Equisetum hyemale)
- variegated scouring rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Shrubs
- tag alder (Alnus incana)
- red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- Kalm’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
- pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)
- wild black currant (Ribes americanum)
- willows (Salix myricoides and others)
- soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
Trees
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
- cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- mountain-ash (Sorbus decora)
- northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- basswood (Tilia americana)
- 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 12, 2024).