COUNTY PLANT LIST BY LATIN NAME 18 July, 2001 Delta County Abies balsamea Balsam Fir Acer pensylvanicum Moosewood Striped or Goosefoot Maple Acer rubrum Red Maple Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Acer saccharum Sugar or Hard Maple Acer spicatum Mountain Maple Achillea millefolium Milfoil Yarrow Achillea ptarmica Sneezeweed Sneezewort Acorus calamus Calamus Sweet-flag Actaea pachypoda Doll's-eyes White Baneberry Actaea rubra Red Baneberry Adlumia fungosa Alleghany Vine Climbing Fumitory Agropyron trachycaulum Wheatgrass Agrostis gigantea Redtop Agrostis hyemalis Ticklegrass Allium tricoccum Ramps Wild Leek Alnus rugosa Speckled Alder Alyssum alyssoides Pale Alyssum Ambrosia artemisiifolia Common Ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya Western Ragweed Ammophila breviligulata Beach Grass Amphicarpaea bracteata Hog-peanut Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting Andromeda glaucophylla Bog-rosemary Anemone virginiana Thimbleweed Anemone canadensis Canada Anemone Anemone cylindrica Thimbleweed Anemone quinquefolia Wood Anemone Anthemis cotula Dog-fennel Mayweed Stinking Chamomile Apios americana Groundnut Indian-potato Wild-bean Apocynum androsaemifolium Spreading Dogbane Apocynum cannabinum Indian-hemp Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine Arabis glabra Tower Mustard Arabis lyrata Sand Cress Aralia hispida Bristly Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis Wild Sarsaparilla Aralia racemosa Spikenard Arctium minus Common Burdock Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Kinnikinick Arethusa bulbosa Arethusa Dragon's Mouth Artemisia absinthium Absinth Common Wormwood Artemisia biennis Biennial Wormwood Artemisia campestris Wild Wormwood Artemisia ludoviciana Western Mugwort Asarum canadense Wild-ginger Asclepias exaltata Poke Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed Aster borealis Rush Aster Aster brachyactis Rayless Aster Aster ciliolatus Lindley's Aster Aster laevis Smooth Aster Aster lanceolatus Panicled Aster Aster lateriflorus Calico Aster Aster longifolius Long-leaved Blue Aster Aster macrophyllus Large- or Big-leaved Aster Aster novae-angliae New England Aster Aster pilosus Frost Aster Aster puniceus Swamp or Purple-stemmed Aster Aster umbellatus Flat-topped Aster Astragalus canadensis Canada Milk-vetch Astragalus neglectus Cooper's Milk-vetch Barbarea vulgaris Yellow Rocket Betula alleghaniensis Yellow Birch Betula papyrifera Canoe Birch Paper Birch White Birch Betula pumila Bog Birch Dwarf Birch Bidens cernuus Nodding Beggar-ticks Bidens coronatus Tickseed-sunflower Brasenia schreberi Water-shield Brassica kaber Charlock Wild Mustard Bromus ciliatus Fringed Brome Cakile edentula List maintained by Michigan State University Extension, U.P. Tree Improvement Center Sea-rocket Calamagrostis canadensis Blue-joint Calamintha arkansana Calamint Calla palustris Water-arum Wild Calla Calopogon tuberosus Grass-pink Caltha palustris Cowslip Marsh-marigold Calypso bulbosa Calypso Fairy-slipper Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed Campanula aparinoides Marsh Bellflower Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Harebell Capsella bursa-pastoris Sheperd's-purse Cardamine pratensis Cuckoo-flower Carex gracillima Carpinus caroliniana Blue-beech Hornbeam Carum carvi Caraway Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh Celastrus scandens Climbing or American Bittersweet Cenchrus longispinus Sandbur Sandspur Centaurea maculosa Spotted Knapweed Cerastium fontanum Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium tomentosum Snow-in-summer Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf Chelidonium majus Celandine Chelone glabra Chenopodium album Lambs-quarters Pigweed Chenopodium botrys Jerusalem-oak Chenopodium capitatum Strawberry Blite Chimaphila umbellata Pipsissewa Prince's-pine Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Ox-eye Daisy Cichorium intybus Blue-sailors Chicory Cirsium arvense Canada or Field Thistle Cirsium palustre Marsh or European Swamp Thistle Cirsium pitcheri Dune or Pitcher's Thistle Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle Clinopodium vulgare Dog-mint Wild-basil Clintonia borealis Bluebead-lily Corn-lily Comandra umbellata Bastard-toadflax Star-toadflax Comptonia peregrina Sweetfern Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed Conyza canadensis Horseweed Coptis trifolia Goldthread Corallorhiza maculata Spotted Coral-root Corallorhiza striata Striped Coral-root Corallorhiza trifida Early Coral-root Cornus alternifolia Alternate-leaved or Pagoda Dogwood Cornus amomum Pale Dogwood Cornus canadensis Bunchberry Dwarf Cornel Cornus foemina Gray Dogwood Cornus rugosa Round-leaved Dogwood Cornus stolonifera Red-osier Coronilla varia Crown-vetch Corydalis aurea Golden Corydalis Corydalis sempervirens Pink or Pale Corydalis Rock Harlequin Corylus cornuta Beaked Hazelnut Crataegus punctata Dotted Hawthorn Cryptotaenia canadensis Honewort Cynoglossum boreale Northern Wild comfrey Cynoglossum officinale Hound's-tongue Cypripedium acaule Moccasin Flower Pink or Stemless Lady-slipper Cypripedium arietinum Ram's Head Lady-slipper Cypripedium calceolus Yellow Lady-slipper Cypripedium reginae Showy lady-slipper Dactylis glomerata Orchard Grass Danthonia spicata Oatgrass Poverty Grass Daucus carota Queen-Anne's-lace Wild Carrot Dentaria diphylla Two-leaved Toothwort Dentaria laciniata Cut-leaved Toothwort Deschampsia cespitosa Descurainia pinnata Tansy Mustard Dianthus armeria Deptford Pink Dianthus plumarius Garden or Grass Pink Dicentra canadensis Squirrel-corn Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's-breeches Diervilla lonicera Bush-honeysuckle Dirca palustris Leatherwood Echinocystis lobata Wild-cucumber Elodea canadensis Epifagus virginiana Beech-drops Epigaea repens Trailing-arbutus Epilobium angustifolium Fireweed Great Willow-herb Erigeron annuus Daisy Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus Common or Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron strigosus Daisy Fleabane Eriocaulon septangulare List maintained by Michigan State University Extension, U.P. Tree Improvement Center Pipewort Eriophorum augustifolium Geranium robertianum Herb Robert Eriophorum virginicum Tawny Cotton-grass Erucastrum gallicum Dog Mustard Erysimum cheiranthoides Wormseed Mustard Eupatorium maculatum Joe-pye-weed Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset Eupatorium rugosum White Snakeroot Euthamia graminifolia Flat-topped, Bushy, or Grassw-leaved Fagus grandifolia Beech Festuca occidentalis Western Fescue Festuca ovina Sheept Fescue Fragaria vesca Woodland Strawberry Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry Fraxinus americana White Ash Fraxinus nigra Black Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Red or Green Ash Galeopsis tetrahit Hemp-nettle Galium aparine Cleavers Goosegrass Galium asprellum Rough Bedstraw Galium boreale Northern Bedstraw Galium mollugo White Bedstraw Galium palustre Marsh Bedstraw Galium verum Yellow Bedstraw Gaultheria hispidula Creeping-snowberry Gaultheria procumbens Teaberry Wintergreen Gaylussacia baccata Crackleberry Huckleberry Gentiana andrewsii Closed or Bottle Gentian Gentiana rubricaulis Red-stemmed Gentian Glechoma hederacea Creeping Charlie Gill-over-the-ground Ground-ivy Glyceria striata Fowl Manna Grass Gnaphalium macounii Clammy Cudweed Grindelia squarrosa Gumweed Habenaria clavellata Club-spur Orchid Habenaria hyperborea Tall Northern Bog Orchid Habenaria obtusata Blunt-leaf Orchid Habenaria orbiculata Round-leaved Orchid Habenaria psycodes Purple Fringed Orchid Habenaria viridis Bracted Orchid Halenia deflexa Spurred Gentian Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower Helianthus giganteus Tall Sunflower Helianthus maximilianii Maximilian Sunflower Helianthus pauciflorus Prairie Sunflower Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem-artichoke Heliopsis helianthoides False Sunflower Hesperis matronalis Dame's Rocket Hieracium aurantiacum Devil's paintbrush Orange Hawkweed Hieracium kalmii Canada Hawkweed Hieracium piloselloides King Devil Yellow Hawkweed Hieracium umbellatum Northern Hawkweed Hierochloe odorata Sweet Grass Hippuris vulgaris Mare's-tail Hudsonia tomentosa Beach-heath False Heather Humulus lupulus Common Hops Hop Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Great Waterleaf Hypericum ascyron Giant St. John's-wort Hypericum kalmianum Kalm's St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Hypericum punctatum Spotted St. John's-wort Hystrix patula Bottlebrush Grass Ilex verticillata Holly Impatiens capensis Spotted Touch-me-not Iris lacustris Dwarf Lake Iris Iris versicolor Wild Blue Flag Juglans cinerea Butternut Juncus bufonius Toad Rush Juncus tenuis Path Rush Juniperus communis Common Juniper Ground Juniper Juniperus horizontalis Creeping Juniper Kalmia polifolia Pale- or Bog-laurel Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce Laportea canadensi Wood Nettle Lappula squarrosa Stickseed Larix laricina Larch Tamarack Lathyrus japonicus Beach Pea Lathyrus ochroleucus Pale Vetchling Lathyrus palustris Marsh Pea Ledum groenlandicum Labrador-tea Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort Leucophysalis grandiflora Liatris aspera Lilium michiganense Michigan Lily Lilium philadelphicum List maintained by Michigan State University Extension, U.P. Tree Improvement Center Wood Lily Linaria canadensis Blue toadflax Lindernia dubia False Pimpernel Linnaea borealis Twinflower Liparis loeselii Fen Orchid Loessel's or Green Twayblade Listera convallariodes Broad-leaved Twayblade Listera cordata Heartleaf Twayblade Lithospermum caroliniense Hairy or Yellow Puccoon Lithospermum officinale Gromwell Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal-flower Red Lobelia Lobelia dortmanna Water Lobelia Lobelia inflata Indian-tobacco Lobelia kalmii Kalm's or Brook Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia spicata Pale Spiked Lobelia Lonicera canadensis Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera dioica Glaucous Honeysuckle Lonicera hirsuta Hairy Honeysuckle Lonicera oblongifolia Swamp Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica Tartarian Honeysuckle Lonicera villosa Mountain Fly Honeysuckle Lotus corniculata Birdfoot Trefoil Ludwigia palustris Water-purslane Lysimachia ciliata Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia terrestris Swamp-candles Lysimachia thyrsiflora Tufted Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris Garden Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Maianthemum canadense Canada Mayflower Wild or False Lily-of-the-valley Malaxis unifolia Green Adder's-mouth Malva moschata Musk Mallow Malva neglecta Cheeses Common Mallow Matricaria discoidea Pineapple-weed Medeola virginiana Indian Cucumber-root Medicago lupulina Black Medick Medicago sativa Alfalfa Melampyrum lineare Cow-wheat Melilotus alba White Sweet-clover Mentha arvensis Wild Mint Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean Buckbean Mitchella repens Partridge-berry Mitella diphylla Bishop's-cap Mitella nuda Naked Miterwort Mollugo verticillata Carpetweed Monarda fistulosa Wild-bergamot Moneses uniflora One-flowered Shinleaf Monotropa hypopithys False Beech-drops Pinesap Monotropa uniflora Indian-pipe Myosotis scorpioides Myosotis sylvatica Garden Forget-me-not Myosoton aquaticum Giant Chickweed Myrica gale Sweet Gale Myriophyllum tenellum Myriophyllum verticillatum Najas flexilis Nemopanthus mucronatus Mountain Holly Nepeta cataria Catmint Catnip Odontites vulgaris Eyebright Oenothera perennis Sundrops Orchis rotundifolia Round-leaved Orchis Orthilia secunda One-sided Shinleaf Panicum capillare Witch Grass Panicum implicatum Pastinaca sativa Wild Parsnip Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beard-tongue Penthorum sedoides Ditch Stonecrop Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass Phleum pratense Timothy Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox Phryma leptostachya Lopseed Physocarpus opulifolius Ninebark Physostegia virginiana False Dragonhead Obedient Plant Picea glauca White Spruce Picea mariana Black Spruce Pinguicula vulgaris Butterwort Pinus banksiana Jack Pine Pinus resinosa Red Pine Pinus strobus White pine Plantago major Common Plantain Poa compressa Canada Bluegrass Poa palustris Fowl Meadow Grass Pogonia ophioglossoides Rose Pogonia Polygala paucifolia Flowering-wintergreen Fringed Polygala Gay-wings Polygala senega Seneca Snakeroot Senega Root Polygonella articulata Jointweed Polygonum amphibium Water Smartweed Polygonum aviculare Knotweed List maintained by Michigan State University Extension, U.P. Tree Improvement Center Polygonum cilinode Fringed False Buckwheat Quercus alba White Oak Polygonum convolvulus Black-bindweed False Buckwheat Polygonum hydropiper Water-pepper Polygonum lapathifolium Nodding Smartweed Willow-weed Polygonum sagittatum Tear-thumb Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar Hackmatack Populus grandidentata Bigtooth Aspen Largetooth Aspen Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen Potamogeton amplifolius Potamogeton crispus Potamogeton epihydrus Potamogeton foliosus Potamogeton friesii Potamogeton gramineus Potamogeton natans Potamogeton pectinatus Sago Pondweed Potamogeton praelongus Potamogeton richardsonii Potamogeton zosteriformis Potentilla anserina Silverweed Potentilla arguta Tall or Prairie Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica Rough Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Common or Old-field Cinquefoil Potentilla tridentata Three-toothed Cinquefoil Prenanthes alba Primula mistassinica Bird's-eye Primrose Prunella vulgaris Heal-all Self-heal Prunus pensylvanica Pin or Fire Cherry Prunus pumila Sand Cherry Prunus virginiana Choke Cherry Pyrola chlorantha Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak Quercus rubra Red Oak Ranunculus abortivus Small-flowered Buttercup Ranunculus acris Tall or Common Buttercup Ranunculus gmelinii Yellow Water Crowfoot Ranunculus hispidus Swamp Buttercup Ranunculus longirostris White Water Crowfoot Ranunculus pensylvanicus Bristly Crowfoot Ranunculus recurvatus Hooked Crowfoot Ranunculus reptans Creeping Spearwort Ranunculus sceleratus Cursed Crowfoot Rhamnus alnifolia Alder-leaved Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula Glossy Buckthorn Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac Ribes americanum Wild Black Currant Ribes cynosbati Wild or Prickly Gooseberry Ribes glandulosum Skunk Currant Ribes lacustre Swamp Black Currant Ribes triste Swamp Red Currant Rosa acicularis Wild Rose Rosa arkansana Prairie Rose Rosa blanda Wild Rose Rosa cinnamomea Cinnamon Rose Rosa palustris Swamp Rose Rubus allegheniensis Common Blackberry Rubus hispidus Swamp Dewberry Rubus occidentalis Black Raspberry Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry Rubus strigosus Wild Red Raspberry Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia laciniata Tall or Cutleaf Coneflower Rumex acetosella Sheep or Red Sorrel Rumex crispus Curly or Sour Dock Rumex orbiculatus Great Water Dock Sagittaria latifolia Duck-potato Wapato Salix alba White Willow Salix bebbiana Beaked Willow Bebb's Willow Salix candida Hoary Willow Sage Willow Salix exigua Sandbar Willow Salix fragilis Brittle Willow Crack Willow Salix humilis Prairie Willow Upland Willow Salix lucida Shining Willow Salix myricoides Blueleaf Willow Salix petiolaris Meadow Willow Slender Willow Salix purpurea Basket Willow Purple-osier Willow Salix pyrifolia Balsam Willow Salix serissima Autumn Willow Salsola kali Russian-thistle Salvia pratensis Meadow Clary Sambucus canadensis Common Elder Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry Red-berried Elder Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot Sanicula trifoliata Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher-plant Saxifraga pensylvanica Swamp Saxifrage List maintained by Michigan State University Extension, U.P. Tree Improvement Center Scheuchzeria palustris Schizachne purpurascens False Melic Scirpus americanus Threesquare Scirpus cyperinus Wool-grass Scirpus validus Softstem Bulrush Scutellaria galericulata Marsh Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-dog Skullcap Senecio aureus Golden Ragwort Senecio pauperculus Northern Ragwort Setaria viridis Green Foxtail Shepherdia canadensis Soapberry Silene pratensis White Campion White Cockle Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie-dock Sisymbrium officinale Hedge Mustard Sium suave Water-parsnip Smilacina racemosa False Spikenard Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum ptychanthum Black Nightshade Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod Solidago canadensis Canada Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis ZigZag Goldenrod Solidago gigantea Late Goldenrod Solidago hispida Hairy Goldenrod Solidago juncea Early Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis Gray Goldenrod Solidago ohioensis Ohio Goldenrod Solidago ptarmicoides Upland White or Sneezewort Goldenrod Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rugosa Rough-leaved Goldenrod Solidago Simplex Gillman's Goldenrod Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod Solidago uliginosa Bog Goldenrod Sonchus arvensis Field or Perennial Sow-thistle Sorbus decora Mountain Ash Sparganium chlorocarpum Spiraea alba Meadowsweet Spiraea tomentosa Hardhack Steeplebush Spiranthes cernua Nodding Ladies'-tresses Spiranthes lacera Slender Ladies'-tresses Stachys palustris Symphoricarpos albus Snowberry Symphoricarpos occidentalis Wolfberry Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac Tanacetum huronense Lake Huron Tansy Tanacetum vulgare Common Tansy Taraxacum erythrospermum Red-seeded Dandelion Taxus canadensis Ground-hemlock Yew Teucrium canadense Wood-sage Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple Meadow-rue Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow-rue Thlaspi arvense Penny Cress Thuja occidentalis Cedar White-cedar Tilia americana Basswood Linden Toxicodendron radicans Poison-ivy Trientalis borealis Star-flower Trifolium aureum Hop Clover Trifolium hybridum Alsike Clover Trifolium pratense Red Clover Trifolium repens White Clover Triglochin palustre Trillium cernuum Nodding Trillium Trillium grandiflorum Common Trillium Triticum aestivum Wheat Tsuga canadensis Hemlock Ulmus americana American Elm White Elm Urtica dioica Stinging Nettle Utricularia cornuta Horned Bladderwort Utricularia intermedia Flat-leaved Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris Common Bladerwort Uvularia grandiflora Bellwort Vaccinium angustifolium Low Sweet Blueberry Vaccinium macrocarpon Large Cranberry Vaccinium myrtilloides Velvetleaf of Canada Blueberry Vaccinium oxycoccos Small Cranberry Valeriana uliginosa Swamp Valerian Verbascum thapsus Flannel Plant Mullein Verbena bracteata Prostrate or Creeping Vervain Verbena hastata Blue Vervain Verbena urticifolia White Vervain Veronica anagallis-aquatica Water Speedwell Veronica arvensis Field Speedwell Veronica beccabunga Brooklime Veronica longifolia Garden Veronica Veronica officinalis Common Speedwell Veronica peregrina Purslane Speedwell Veronica persica Bird's-eye Speedwell Veronica scutellata Marsh Speedwell List maintained by Michigan State University Extension, U.P. Tree Improvement Center Veronica serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's-root Viburnum acerifolium Maple-leaved Viburnum Viburnum cassinoides Wild-raisin Viburnum lentago Nannyberry Viburnum opulus Guelder-rose Highbush-cranberry Vicia americana American Vetch Vicia villosa Hairy Vetch Viola adunca Sand Violet Viola arvensis Field Pansy Viola blanda Sweet White Violet Viola canadensis Canada Violet Viola conspersa Dog Violet Viola macloskeyi Smooth White Violet Viola palmata Wood Violet Viola pedatifida Prairie Violet Viola pubescens Yellow Violet Viola renifolia Kidney-leaved Violet Viola rostrata Long-spurred Violet Vitis riparia River-bank Grape Zigadenus glaucus White Camas Zizia aurea Golden Alexanders County plant lists for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are maintained by MSU Extension and are available upon request. The source for the initial list was “Michigan Flora” by Dr. Edward G. Voss. As additional listings are reported, these lists will be updated. Contributors will be recorded with each new listing. Corrections are welcome. List maintained by Michigan State University Extension, U.P. Tree Improvement Center