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Wildflowers & plants

Ferns, mosses, fen and bog plants, dune specialists and the invasives worth documenting because they are invasive.

The number on each card is how many pieces of survey evidence name it. It counts documents, not stems. A species named in two hundred stand comments is genuinely common; one named twice may be common and simply unremarked.

1 of these carry a caution. Those species are protected, rare or colonial nesters: photograph from distance with a long lens, or not at all. A failed nest is not worth a frame.

reed canary grass

Phalaris arundinacea
45records

An invasive worth documenting *because* it is invasive. 45 evidence records. A photograph of it is a record of a problem, not a prize.

invasive

45 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

sphagnum

Sphagnum spp
43records

The peat moss that builds the bogs. Get the macro down into it - at 1:1 the individual heads look like tiny green stars.

native

43 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

wild sarsaparilla

Aralia nudicaulis
34records
native

34 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

shrubby cinquefoil

Dasiphora fruticosa
29records
native

29 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

star-flower

Trientalis borealis
29records
native

29 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Pitcher's thistle

Cirsium pitcheri
27records

A Great Lakes dune endemic and a threatened species. Silver-blue, deeply cut leaves, in open sand. Documented at Nezewabegon Barrens.

Threatened dune endemic. Photograph it where it stands; the dune it grows in is the fragile part.

nativerare

27 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

sand cherry

Prunus pumila
27records
native

27 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense
26records
native

26 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

royal fern

Osmunda regalis
25records
native

25 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

sand reed grass

Calamovilfa longifolia
24records
native

24 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

wormwood

Artemisia campestris
24records
native

24 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

twig-rush

Cladium mariscoides
23records
native

23 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
22records
native

22 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

dwarf raspberry

Rubus pubescens
22records
native

22 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

sensitive fern

Onoclea sensibilis
21records
native

21 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

twinflower

Linnaea borealis
20records
native

20 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Baltic rush

Juncus balticus
18records
native

18 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

creeping juniper

Juniperus horizontalis
18records
native

18 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

goldthread

Coptis trifolia
18records
native

18 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Kalm’s St. John’s-wort

Hypericum kalmianum
18records
native

18 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca
17records
native

17 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

false asphodel

Triantha glutinosa
17records
native

17 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

wire-grass sedge

Carex lasiocarpa
16records
native

16 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

beach grass

Ammophila breviligulata
15records
native

15 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bunchberry

Cornus canadensis
15records
native

15 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum
15records
native

15 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

pitcher plant

Sarracenia purpurea
15records
native

15 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia glauca
14records
native

14 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

narrow-leaved cat-tail

Typha angustifolia
14records
invasive

14 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

winterberry

Ilex verticillata
14records
native

14 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Kalm's lobelia

Lobelia kalmii
13records
native

13 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Lake Huron tansy

Tanacetum bipinnatum
13records
nativerare

13 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

spotted knapweed

Centaurea stoebe
13records
invasive

13 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

starry false Solomon-seal

Maianthemum stellatum
13records
native

13 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

beach pea

Lathyrus japonicus
12records
native

12 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Labrador tea

Rhododendron groenlandicum
12records
native

12 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

naked miterwort

Mitella nuda
12records
native

12 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bracken fern

Pteridium aquilinum
11records
native

11 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Ohio goldenrod

Solidago ohioensis
11records
native

11 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

skunk-cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus
11records
native

11 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bird's-eye primrose

Primula mistassinica
10records
native

10 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bluebead-lily

Clintonia borealis
10records
native

10 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Canada bluegrass

Poa compressa
10records
invasive

10 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

fringed polygala

Polygala paucifolia
10records
native

10 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Indian paintbrush

Castilleja coccinea
10records
native

10 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

mountain holly

Ilex mucronata
10records
native

10 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bog rosemary

Andromeda glaucophylla
9records
native

9 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

dwarf lake iris

Iris lacustris
9records

A Great Lakes endemic that carpets cedar-shaded ground blue in late May. MNFI records it as locally dominant in the French Bay boreal forest.

nativerare

9 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

silverweed

Potentilla anserina
9records
native

9 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

white sweet clover

Melilotus alba
9records
invasive

9 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bog goldenrod

Solidago uliginosa
8records
native

8 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

Canada blueberry

Vaccinium myrtilloides
8records
native

8 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

hardstem bulrush

Schoenoplectus acutus
8records
native

8 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

harebell

Campanula rotundifolia
8records
native

8 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

limestone calamint

Clinopodium arkansanum
8records
native

8 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

marsh thistle

Cirsium palustre
8records
invasive

8 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

partridge-berry

Mitchella repens
8records
native

8 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

leather leaf

Chamaedaphne calyculata
7records
native

7 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

threesquare

Schoenoplectus pungens
7records
native

7 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes

bog laurel

Kalmia polifolia
6records
native

6 evidence records·MNFI native-plant appendices, MDNR stand comments and GLO field notes