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.
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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