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Peatlands of Northern Wisconsin

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Families: 69

Genera: 154

Species: 274

Total Taxa: 282 (including subsp. and var.)

IV=0.5, C-Value=3, Growth Form=shrub
Viburnum lentago L. - sheepberry
Alder Thicket
Viburnum trilobum Marshall - high-bush cranberry
Northern Tamarack Swamp
IV=1.5, C-Value=3, Growth Form=aquatic
IV=0.5, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.6, C-Value=7, Growth Form=shrub
Cicuta bulbifera L. - bulblet water-hemlock
IV=0.5, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Cicuta maculata L. - spotted water-hemlock
IV=0.4, C-Value=6, Growth Form=herb
Asclepias incarnata L. - swamp milkweed
IV=1.1, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Ilex verticillata (L.) A.Gray - common winterberry
Alder Thicket
Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott - Jack-in-the-pulpit
IV=0.5, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Calla palustris L. - wild calla
IV=1.5, C-Value=9, Growth Form=herb
IV=2.5, C-Value=8, Growth Form=herb
Aralia nudicaulis L. - wild sarsaparilla
IV=1.8, C-Value=6, Growth Form=herb
Hydrocotyle americana L. - marsh pennywort
Alder Thicket
Maianthemum canadense Desf. - wild lily-of-the-valley
IV=1.5, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Maianthemum trifolium (L.) Sloboda - three-leaf Solomon's-plume
Muskeg
Bidens sp. L. - Beggarticks
Bidens cernua L. - nodding bur-marigold
IV=0.7, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
Bidens connata Muhl. ex Willd. - purple-stemmed tickseed
IV=0.5, C-Value=6, Growth Form=herb
Cirsium muticum Michx. - swamp thistle
Doellingeria umbellata (Mill.) Nees - tall flat-topped white aster
Northern Sedge Meadow
Alder Thicket
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. - grass-leaved goldenrod
Northern Sedge Meadow
Eutrochium maculatum L. - spotted Joe-Pye-weed
IV=1.5, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.4, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Petasites frigidus var. sagittatus (L.) Fr. - arrow-leaf sweet-colt's-foot
Alder Thicket, Rare
Prenanthes alba L. - white rattlesnakeroot
IV=0.4, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Solidago gigantea Aiton - smooth goldenrod
IV=0.7, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Solidago patula - swamp goldenrod
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Solidago uliginosa Nutt. - northern bog goldenrod
Poor Fen
IV=0.6, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.7, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Northern Sedge Meadow
Impatiens capensis Meerb. - spotted touch-me-not
IV=3.0, C-Value=2, Growth Form=herb
IV = 2.9, C-Value = 4; Growth Form = shrub
Northern Tamarack Swamp
IV=3.1, C-Value=7, Growth Form=tree
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Betula pumila L. - swamp birch
Northern Sedge Meadow
Corylus cornuta - beaked hazelnut
IV=1.7, C-Value=5, Growth Form=shrub
Campanula aparinoides Pursh - marsh bellflower
IV=0.7, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Lobelia kalmii L. - Ontario lobelia
Linnaea borealis - twinflower
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
IV=2.0, C-Value=8, Growth Form=shrub
Lonicera involucrata - twin-berry honeysuckle
Northern Tamarack Swamp, Rare
Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. - swamp fly honeysuckle
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Lonicera villosa (Michx.) Schult. - mountain fly honeysuckle
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Northern Tamarack Swamp, Rare
Parnassia glauca Raf. - fen grass-of-Parnassus
IV=0.5, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
Cornus sp. L. - Dogwood
Northern Sedge Meadow
Cornus canadensis L. - dwarf cornel
IV=1.8, C-Value=7, Growth Form=shrub
Cornus sericea L. - red osier dogwood
IV=0.7, C-Value=3, Growth Form=shrub
Thuja occidentalis L. - northern white-cedar
IV=0.9, C-Value=9, Growth Form=tree
IV=2.2, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Carex arctata Boott - drooping woodland sedge
IV=0.4, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Carex bromoides - brome-like sedge
IV=1.0, C-Value=8, Growth Form=herb
IV=1, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. - Buxbaum's sedge
Carex canescens L. - silvery sedge
IV=0.7, C-Value=8, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.7, C-Value=10, Growth Form=herb
Carex comosa Boott - bristly sedge
Northern Sedge Meadow
Carex crinita - fringed sedge
Alder Thicket
Carex diandra Schrank - lesser panicled sedge
IV=1, C-Value=9, Growth Form=herb
Carex disperma Dewey - two-seeded bog sedge
IV=1.2, C-Value=10, Growth Form=herb
Carex exilis Dewey - coastal sedge
Carex gracillima Schwein. - purple-sheathed graceful sedge
IV=0.8, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Carex gynandra Schwein. - nodding sedge
Alder Thicket
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Carex interior L.H.Bailey - inland star sedge
IV=0.7, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Carex intumescens Rudge - swollen sedge
IV=1.2, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Carex lacustris Willd. - rip-gut sedge
Northern Sedge Meadow
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. - fen wiregrass sedge
IV = 4.5, C-Value = 9; Growth Form = herb
Carex leptalea Wahlenb. - slender sedge
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Carex limosa L. - mud sedge
C-Value = 10; Growth Form = herb
Poor Fen
Carex magellanica - boreal bog sedge
IV=2.1, C-Value=10, Growth Form=herb
Carex michauxiana Boeck. - Michaux's sedge
Poor Fen
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard - smooth black sedge
Northern Sedge Meadow, Rare
Carex oligosperma Michx. - few-seeded sedge
Northern Sedge Meadow
IV=0.6, C-Value=10, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.8, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Carex projecta Mack. - necklace sedge
IV=0.5, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
Carex rostrata Stokes - northern yellow lake sedge
IV=1, C-Value=10, Growth Form=herb
Carex sterilis Willd. - fen star sedge
IV=2, C-Value=2, Growth Form=herb
Carex stricta Lam. - uptight sedge
IV=6.1, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Carex trisperma Dewey - three-seeded sedge
IV=1.1, C-Value=9, Growth Form=herb
Carex utriculata Boott - Northwest Territory sedge
Poor Fen
Carex vesicaria L. - tufted lake sedge
Northern Sedge Meadow
IV=1.5, C-Value=10, Growth Form=herb
Dulichium arundinaceum - three-way sedge
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Eleocharis nitida Fernald - slender spike-rush
Northern Sedge Meadow, Rare
Northern Sedge Meadow
C-Value = 9; Growth Form = herb
Eriophorum vaginatum L. - tussock cotton-grass
Muskeg
Eriophorum virginicum L. - tawny cotton-grass
IV = 2.7, C-Value = 10; Growth Form = herb
Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl - white beak-rush
C-Value = 9; Growth Form = herb
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla - Torrey's three-square bulrush
Northern Sedge Meadow, Rare
Scirpus atrovirens Willd. - dark-green bulrush
IV=0.8, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Northern Sedge Meadow
Poor Fen
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn - eastern bracken fern
IV=0.4, C-Value=2, Growth Form=herb
Drosera intermedia Hayne - spoon-leaf sundew
Poor Fen
Drosera linearis Goldie - slender-leaved sundew
Drosera rotundifolia L. - round-leaved sundew
Poor Fen
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth - northern lady fern
IV=0.9, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
IV=1.3, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
IV=1.9, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.8, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
IV=1.4, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
IV=0.8, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Onoclea sensibilis L. - sensitive fern
IV=0.9, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Equisetum arvense L. - field horsetail
IV=0.5, C-Value=1, Growth Form=herb
Equisetum fluviatile L. - water horsetail
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Equisetum sylvaticum L. - woodland horsetail
IV=0.6, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Andromeda polifolia L. - bog rosemary
IV = 6.6, C-Value = 10; Growth Form = shrub
Poor Fen
IV=1.2, C-Value=8, Growth Form=shrub
IV=0.7, C-Value=6, Growth Form=shrub
IV = 5.4, C-Value = 10; Growth Form = shrub
IV=0.4, C-Value=9, Growth Form=herb
Monotropa uniflora L. - Indian-pipe
IV=1.6, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Orthilia secunda (L.) House - one-sided wintergreen
IV=0.6, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Pyrola minor L. - small shin-leaf
Alder Thicket, Rare
C-Value = 8; Growth Form = shrub
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton - low sweet blueberry
C-Value = 4; Growth Form = shrub
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton - large cranberry
IV = 2.6, C-Value = 9; Growth Form = shrub
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. - velvet-leaf huckleberry
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Vaccinium oxycoccos L. - small cranberry
C-Value = 9; Growth Form = shrub
Vaccinium vitis-idaea - mountain-cranberry
Northern Tamarack Swamp, Rare
IV=0.4, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Quercus rubra L. - northern red oak
IV=1.2, C-Value=5, Growth Form=tree
Ribes sp. L. - Gooseberry
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Ribes glandulosum Grauer - skunk currant
IV=0.4, C-Value=7, Growth Form=shrub
Ribes hirtellum Michx. - swamp gooseberry
IV=0.5, C-Value=6, Growth Form=shrub
Ribes hudsonianum Richardson - northern black currant
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. - spiny swamp currant
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Ribes triste Pall. - wild red currant
IV=0.6, C-Value=8, Growth Form=shrub
Hypericum kalmianum L. - Kalm's St. John's-wort
Triadenum fraseri (Spach) Gleason - Fraser's marsh St. John's-wort
Poor Fen
Iris versicolor L. - northern blue flag
Muskeg
Juncus stygius - moor rush
Triglochin maritima L. - seaside arrow-grass
Poor Fen
Triglochin palustris L. - slender bog arrow-grass
Lycopus uniflorus Michx. - northern water-horehound
IV=1.8, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.8, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Alder Thicket
Scutellaria lateriflora L. - mad-dog skullcap
IV=0.9, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Utricularia cornuta Michx. - naked bladderwort
Poor Fen
Utricularia intermedia Hayne - northern bladderwort
IV=1, C-Value=9, Growth Form=aquatic
Utricularia minor L. - small bladderwort
Poor Fen
Utricularia vulgaris L. - great bladderwort
IV=0.9, C-Value=7, Growth Form=aquatic
IV=1.4, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
IV=0.4, C-Value=5, Growth Form=tree
Trillium cernuum L. - whip-poor-will flower
IV=0.9, C-Value=8, Growth Form=herb
Menyanthes trifoliata L. - common buckbean
C-Value = 10; Growth Form = herb
Myrica gale L. - sweet gale
Poor Fen
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
IV=0.7, C-Value=2, Growth Form=tree
Circaea alpina L. - small enchanter's-nightshade
IV=1.2, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Epilobium ciliatum Raf. - hairy willow-herb
IV=0.4, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Epilobium leptophyllum Raf. - fen willow-herb
IV=0.9, C-Value=8, Growth Form=herb
Epilobium strictum Muhl. ex Spreng. - northeastern willow-herb
Poor Fen
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Arethusa bulbosa L. - swamp-pink
Poor Fen
Calopogon tuberosus - tuberous grass pink
Poor Fen
Calypso bulbosa - fairy slipper
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Cypripedium acaule Aiton - small pink lady's-slipper
C-Value = 7; Growth Form = herb
Cypripedium arietinum R.Br. - ram's-head lady's-slipper
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Cypripedium reginae Walter - showy lady's-slipper
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Platanthera clavellata (Michx.) Luer - small green fringed orchid
Poor Fen
Platanthera dilatata - white bog orchid
Poor Fen
Poor Fen
Osmunda cinnamomea L. - cinnamon fern
IV=3.4, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Osmunda claytoniana L. - interrupted fern
IV=0.4, C-Value=6, Growth Form=herb
Osmunda regalis L. - royal fern
IV=1, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Oxalis acetosella L. - mountain wood-sorrel
IV=0.6, C-Value=9, Growth Form=herb
IV=1.6, C-Value=5, Growth Form=tree
Northern Tamarack Swamp
IV=1.0, C-Value=7, Growth Form=tree
IV = 10.7, C-Value = 8; Growth Form = tree
IV=0.9, C-Value=5, Growth Form=tree
C-Value = 7; Growth Form = tree
Pinus strobus L. - eastern white pine
IV=0.4, C-Value=5, Growth Form=tree
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Chelone glabra L. - white turtlehead
IV=0.7, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.5, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Calamagrostis stricta (Timm) Koeler - slim-stem small reed grass
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Glyceria borealis (Nash) Batch. - boreal manna grass
IV=0.4, C-Value=8, Growth Form=herb
IV=1.1, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Glyceria grandis S.Watson - reed manna grass
IV=0.5, C-Value=6, Growth Form=herb
Northern Tamarack Swamp
IV=0.9, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Northern Sedge Meadow
Phalaris arundinacea L. - reed canary grass
IV=1.5, C-Value=0, Growth Form=herb
Alder Thicket, Rare
Poa palustris L. - marsh bluegrass
IV=0.5, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Polemonium occidentale - western polemonium
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
IV=2, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Alder Thicket
Rumex britannica L. - British dock
IV=1.4, C-Value=8, Growth Form=herb
Lysimachia ciliata L. - fringed loosestrife
IV=0.4, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.5, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Lysimachia thyrsiflora L. - tufted loosestrife
IV=1.8, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
IV=2.4, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.9, C-Value=6, Growth Form=herb
Caltha palustris L. - yellow marsh-marigold
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Clematis virginiana L. - virgin's-bower
IV=0.5, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. - three-leaved gold-thread
Northern Tamarack Swamp
Ranunculus gmelinii DC. - small yellow water-crowfoot
Northern Sedge Meadow, Rare
Ranunculus lapponicus L. - Lapland buttercup
Northern Wet-mesic Forest, Rare
Ranunculus recurvatus - hooked buttercup
IV=0.6, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.6, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
Thalictrum dioicum L. - quicksilver-weed
IV=0.4, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Frangula alnus Mill. - glossy buckthorn
IV=0.6, C-Value=0, Growth Form=shrub
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér. - alder-leaf buckthorn
IV=1.4, C-Value=8, Growth Form=shrub
IV=1, C-Value=7, Growth Form=shrub
Comarum palustre L. - purple marshlocks
C-Value = 8; Growth Form = shrub
Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. - shrubby five-fingers
Alder Thicket
Prunus virginiana L. - chokecherry
IV=0.6, C-Value=3, Growth Form=tree
Rubus hispidus L. - swamp dewberry
IV=1.1, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
Rubus idaeus - wild red raspberry
IV=1.0, C-Value=3, Growth Form=shrub
Rubus pubescens Raf. - dwarf red blackberry
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Sorbus americana Marshall - American mountain ash
Alder Thicket
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Spiraea alba Du Roi - eastern meadowsweet
IV = 1, C-Value = 4; Growth Form = shrub
Spiraea tomentosa - steeplebush
Northern Sedge Meadow
Galium asprellum Michx. - rough bedstraw
IV=1.3, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Galium tinctorium L. - stiff bedstraw
IV=1, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Galium trifidum L. - small bedstraw
IV=1.3, C-Value=6, Growth Form=herb
Galium triflorum Michx. - sweet-scented bedstraw
IV=0.5, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood
Northern Sedge Meadow
Populus tremuloides Michx. - trembling aspen
Northern Sedge Meadow
Salix sp. L. - Willow
Northern Sedge Meadow
Salix discolor Muhl. - pussy willow
IV=0.8, C-Value=2, Growth Form=tree
IV=1.2, C-Value=8, Growth Form=shrub
Salix petiolaris Sm. - slender willow
Poor Fen
IV=1.2, C-Value=7, Growth Form=shrub
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck - eastern dwarf mistletoe
Black Spruce Swamp
Acer negundo L. - box elder
Northern Sedge Meadow
Acer rubrum L. - red maple
IV=1.1, C-Value=3, Growth Form=tree
IV=0.6, C-Value=5, Growth Form=tree
Acer spicatum Lam. - mountain maple
IV=1.5, C-Value=6, Growth Form=tree
Sarracenia purpurea - purple pitcher-plant
Poor Fen
Alder Thicket
IV=0.6, C-Value=7, Growth Form=herb
Mitella nuda L. - small bishop's-cap
IV=1.5, C-Value=9, Growth Form=herb
IV=0.9, C-Value=10, Growth Form=herb
Solanum dulcamara L. - deadly nightshade
IV=0.7, C-Value=0, Growth Form=herb
Taxus canadensis Marshall - ground-hemlock
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Northern Wet-mesic Forest
Alder Thicket
Northern Sedge Meadow, Rare
Ulmus americana L. - white elm
IV=1.1, C-Value=3, Growth Form=tree
Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. - Canadian wood-nettle
IV=0.9, C-Value=4, Growth Form=herb
Pilea pumila (L.) A.Gray - Canadian clearweed
IV=0.5, C-Value=3, Growth Form=herb
Urtica dioica - stinging nettle
IV=1.5, C-Value=1, Growth Form=herb
Viola blanda Willd. - sweet white violet
IV=0.6, C-Value=5, Growth Form=herb
Viola cucullata Aiton - marsh blue violet
Alder Thicket
Viola macloskeyi - wild white violet
Northern Tamarack Swamp
IV=0.5, C-Value=5, Growth Form=tree
Xyris montana Ries - northern yellow-eyed-grass
Poor Fen
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