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MI NFI - POOR CONIFER SWAMP

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MI NATURAL FEATURES INVENTORY

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: October 14, 2023).

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Locality: MICHIGAN

Abstract:

Overview: Poor conifer swamp is a nutrient-poor, forested peatland characterized by acidic, saturated peat, and the prevalence of conifer trees, Sphagnum mosses, and ericaceous shrubs.

Notes: = CURTIS' NORTHERN WET FOREST

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Families: 22

Genera: 37

Species: 51

Total Taxa: 51 (including subsp. and var.)

ADOXACEAE

Viburnum cassinoides - northern wild-raisin

AQUIFOLIACEAE

Ilex mucronata - mountain holly

Ilex verticillata - common winterberry

ARACEAE

Calla palustris - wild calla

ASPARAGACEAE

Maianthemum canadense - wild lily-of-the-valley

Maianthemum trifolium - three-leaf Solomon's-plume

BETULACEAE

Alnus incana subsp. rugosa - swamp alder

Betula papyrifera - white birch

Betula pumila - swamp birch

CORNACEAE

Cornus canadensis - dwarf cornel

CYPERACEAE

Carex lasiocarpa - fen wiregrass sedge

Carex leptalea - slender sedge

Carex oligosperma - few-seeded sedge

Carex pauciflora - star sedge

Carex trisperma - three-seeded sedge

Eriophorum vaginatum - tussock cotton-grass

Eriophorum virginicum - tawny cotton-grass

Rhynchospora alba - white beak-rush

Scirpus cyperinus - wool-grass

DROSERACEAE

Drosera rotundifolia - round-leaved sundew

DRYOPTERIDACEAE

Onoclea sensibilis - sensitive fern

ERICACEAE

Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia - bog rosemary

Chamaedaphne calyculata - leather-leaf

Gaultheria hispidula - moxie

Gaultheria procumbens - wintergreen

Gaylussacia baccata - huckleberry

Kalmia angustifolia

Kalmia polifolia - swamp laurel

Rhododendron groenlandicum - Labrador-tea

Vaccinium angustifolium - low sweet blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum - high-bush blueberry

Vaccinium myrtilloides - velvet-leaf huckleberry

Vaccinium oxycoccos - small cranberry

IRIDACEAE

Iris versicolor - northern blue flag

LAMIACEAE

Lycopus uniflorus - northern water-horehound

LILIACEAE

Clintonia borealis - yellow clintonia

ONAGRACEAE

Chamerion angustifolium - great willow-herb

ORCHIDACEAE

Cypripedium acaule - small pink lady's-slipper

OSMUNDACEAE

Osmunda regalis - royal fern

PINACEAE

Abies balsamea - Canada balsam

Larix laricina - tamarack

Picea mariana - black spruce

Pinus banksiana - jack pine

Pinus strobus - eastern white pine

PRIMULACEAE

Trientalis borealis - maystar

RANUNCULACEAE

Caltha palustris - yellow marsh-marigold

Coptis trifolia - three-leaved gold-thread

ROSACEAE

Aronia x prunifolia - hybrid chokeberry

Sorbus americana - American mountain ash

SANTALACEAE

Arceuthobium pusillum - eastern dwarf mistletoe

SARRACENIACEAE

Sarracenia purpurea - purple pitcher-plant