This One Acre
A Living Inventory
Friday, August 10, 2018
Vanaprastha - Cultivate gardens
I continue to itemize a growing list of Life-Forms spotted across just my wooded one-acre. Most of the 200+ plant varieties listed below are locally native, yet many are decreasingly abundant. I have eradicated or contained many resident non-natives, while propagating, re-locating, and re-placing a variety of historically native species, including planting more than 2,500 native trees and shrubs within 200’ of my home faucet. (Increasing bio-diversity at every turn is our only true planetary salvation.)
The remainder of the Life-Forms were resident when I purchased this over-looked Eden, sometimes in spite of neglect from previous property owners. The 100+ animals, of course, come and go as they should. All these -- both plants and animals -- are my cherished personal neighbors. This is my living universe.
Needless to say, this project is the most enlightening ‘natural’ exercise I have ever launched. I have been greatly assisted by my naturalist, botanist and birding friends, native nurseries, Department of Natural Resources, Conservation Districts, Forestry Service, and Conservancies.
I can only imagine all that I am missing on this list.
-- Last Updated: April 2019 --
FLOWERS (native):
ANEMONE (Canada)
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/anemone-canada/
ARROWHEAD (Duck Potato)
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=33
ASTER (White, , Blue, Smooth)
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/blue-purple/aster-smooth/
BANEBERRY (Doll’s Eye)
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/baneberry-white/
BEE BALM (Monarda)
BEECH DROP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epifagus
BIG BLUESTEM GRASS
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2006
BISHOP’S CAP
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/bishop_cap.htm
BISHOP’S WEED (invasive)
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/bishops-weed/
BLADDER CAMPION
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_vulgaris
BLADDERWORT (Flat Leaf, Small)
https://michiganflora.net/genus.aspx?id=Utricularia
BLOODROOT
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/bloodroot/
BLUE FLAG IRIS
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/blue-purple/iris-blue-flag/
BLUE VERVAIN
https://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/blue-purple/vervain-blue/
BONESET
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=322
BULRUSH (Softstem)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=scta2
BUNCHBERRY
https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Cornus%20canadensis
CANADA MAYFLOWER
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/cn_mayflower.htm
CARDINAL FLOWER
https://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/red-pink/cardinal-flower/
CLOVER (Red)
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=m650
COHOSH (Black, Snakeroot)
https://www.uaex.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/black-cohosh-7-15-05.aspx
COHOSH (Blue)
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j700
COLUMBINE
https://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/programs/environmental/courses/es203/aquilegia_canadensis.php
COREOPSIS (Tickseed)
https://www.gardenia.net/plant-variety/tickseed-coreopsis
DAISY (Ox-eye)
https://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/daisy-ox-eye/
DEVIL’S BEGGARTICKS
DEVIL’S PAINTBRUSH
https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Hieracium%20aurantiacum
DUCKWEED
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/lemna_minor.shtml
DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/dutchmans-breeches/
EARTHSTAR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraeus_hygrometricus
FLEABANE
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=315
FIREWEED (Burnweed)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erechtites_hieraciifolius
FOXGLOVE (Pink, White)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis
GOLDEN ROD (Grass Leaved, Zig-Zag, Canadian, Wrinkle)
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Solidago
HORSETAIL (Snake Grass)
https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Equisetum%20laevigatum
WOODLAND HORSETAIL
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/fern/woodland-horsetail
INDIAN PIPE (Ghost Flower)
https://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/indian-pipe/
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/green/jack-in-the-pulpit/
JEWELWEED (Orange)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_capensis
JOE PYE
https://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/red-pink/joe-pye-weed/
LADY SLIPPER (Moccasin, Pink)
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/red-pink/ladys-slipper-pink/
LEOPARD PLANT
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d800
MARSH MARIGOLD
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/yellow/marigold-marsh/
MAYAPPLE
https://wimastergardener.org/article/mayapple-podophyllum-peltatum/
MILKWEED
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/red-pink/milkweed/
MITERWORT
https://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/miterwort/
MONKEY FLOWER
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1913
MULLEIN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus
PINESAP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_hypopitys
PITCHER PLANT
https://www.botany.org/Carnivorous_Plants/Sarracenia_purpurea.php
POKEWEED
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedguide/single_weed.php?id=112
POLYGALA (Gaywing)
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/red-pink/polygala-fringed/
PRAIRE SMOKE
https://wimastergardener.org/article/prairie-smoke-geum-triflorum/
PYROLA (Shinleaf)
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1228
QUEEN ANE’S LACE (Wild Carrot, invasive)
https://pestid.msu.edu/weeds-and-plant-identification/wild-carrot-queen-annes-lace-daucus-carota/
ROBIN’S PLANTAIN
https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Erigeron%20pulchellus
SARSAPARILLA
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=186
SENSITIVE PEA
https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Chamaecrista%20nictitans
SOLOMON SEAL
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/solomons-seal/
SQUIRREL CORN
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/squirrel-corn/
STAR FLOWER
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/star-flower/
ST JOHNSWORT
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/yellow/st-johnswort/
SWAMP ROSE
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/rosa_palustris.shtml
LOW SWEET BLUEBERRY
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1231
THREE-WAY SEDGE
https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/dulichium/arundinaceum/
TRILLIUM (white, red)
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/trillium/
TROUT LILY
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/yellow/lily-yellow-trout/
COMMON BLUE VIOLET
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/blue-purple/violet-common-blue/
VIRGINIA CREEPER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia
WATERSHIELD
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/brasenia_schreberi.shtml
WATER SMARTWEED
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/wt_smartweed.html
WHITE WATER LILY
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/white/lily-white-water/
YELLOW WATER LILY
http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/wildflower-database/yellow/lily-yellow-water/
WILD GRAPE
https://pestid.msu.edu/weeds-and-plant-identification/wild-grapes-vitis-spp/
WILD LEEK (Ramp)
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/wild-leek
WILD MINT
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/wild-mint
WILD ONION
https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Allium%20stellatum
WILD STRAWBERRY
http://www.nativeplant.com/plants/search/plant_page_template?Acronym=FRAVIR
WINTERGREEN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaultheria_procumbens
WOOD POPPY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylophorum_diphyllum
WOODLAND SUNFLOWER
http://www.nativeplant.com/plants/search/plant_page_template?Acronym=HELDIV
WOODSORREL (Yellow)
https://wimastergardener.org/article/common-yellow-woodsorrel-oxalis-stricta/
EVERGREENS:
EASTERN RED CEDAR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_virginiana
NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR (Arborvitae)
http://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/forest_types_of_michigan_northern_white_cedar_e3202_7
BALSAM FIR
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=284972
DOUGLAS FIR (non-native)
https://www.britannica.com/plant/Douglas-fir
EASTERN HEMLOCK
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=g100
HOLLY (Winterberry)
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/winterberry_michigans_native_holly
JUNIPER
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=887
JACK PINE
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79135_79218_79615_86810---,00.html
RED PINE
https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/forest_types_of_michigan_red_pine_
WHITE PINE
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1925
DAWN REDWOOD (non-native)
https://www.thespruce.com/dawn-redwood-growing-profile-3269307
BLACK SPRUCE
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1921
WHITE SPRUCE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_glauca
TAMARACK (Larch)
DECIDUOUS TREES:
ASH
https://treedoctor.msu.edu/ash/ashtree_id
BASSWOOD
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1681
AMERICAN BEECH
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79135_79218_79615_86811---,00.html
PAPER BIRCH
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=551
RIVER BIRCH
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/all_season_trees_river_birch
YELLOW BIRCH
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=550
BLACK CHERRY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_serotina
CHOKE CHERRY
http://eol.org/pages/630083/details
PIN CHERRY
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2524
CHERRY (YOSHINO, non-native)
https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/treedetail.cfm?itemID=812
COTTONWOOD
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79135_79218_79615_85692---,00.html
CRABAPPLE
https://michiganflora.net/genus.aspx?id=Malus
HACKBERRY
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a858
HORNBEAM (Blue Beech)
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=555
RED MAPLE
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79135_79218_79615_85482---,00.html
STRIPED MAPLE
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2651
SUGAR MAPLE
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79135_79218_79615_85483---,00.html
BALSAM POPLAR
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2612
BIG TOOTHED POPLAR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_grandidentata
LOMBARDY POPLAR
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2616
QUAKING ASPEN POPLAR
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2617
WHITE POPLAR (non-native)
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/tree/white-poplar
BUR OAK
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a902
PIN OAK
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/uploads/files/SmartTreeSelections/NorthPinOak-AltTrees.pdf
RED OAK
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79135_79218_79615_85480---,00.html
SWAMP OAK
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/SwampWhiteOak_225142_7.pdf
WHITE OAK
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79135_79218_79615_85481---,00.html
REDBUD
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1279
SASSAFRAS
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=saal5
STAGHORN SUMAC
https://pestid.msu.edu/weeds-and-plant-identification/staghorn-sumac-rhus-typhina/
TULIP TREE
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1664
BLACK WILLOW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salix_nigra
CURLY WILLOW (Corkscrew)
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2631
WEEPING WILLOW
https://www.misin.msu.edu/facts/detail/print.php?id=148
SHRUBS:
BANEBERRY
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2356
BOG WILLOW
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2634
BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
http://www.fosc.org/RIP/BushHoneysuckle.htm
BUTTON BUSH
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2578
CHOKEBERRY
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2530
HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2824
GRAY DOGWOOD
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/gray-dogwood
PAGODA DOGWOOD
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=863
RED OSIER DOGWOOD
http://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/red-osier-dogwood
ELDERBERRY
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=11
FRAGRANT SUMAC
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=f180
LAVENDER
https://www.waltersgardens.com/variety.php?ID=LAVEU
NANNYBERRY
https://www.waltersgardens.com/variety.php?ID=LAVEU
NINEBARK
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2500
PUSSY WILLOW
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2625
SERVICEBERRY (Juneberry)
http://www.michigannatureguy.com/blog/2014/05/28/juneberry/
SMOKE BUSH
http://statebystategardening.com/state.php/mi/print/smoke_tree/
SNOWBERRY
https://www.michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1215
SPIREA
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/shrub/spirea/
VIBURNUM
https://michiganflora.net/genus.aspx?id=viburnum
WITCH-HAZEL
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/hamamelis_virginiana.shtml
FERNS:
BRACKEN
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1168
CINNAMON
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/161/
INTERRUPTED
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1875
JIMMY DYCE
http://www.casaflora.com/plant/jimmy-dyce-broad-wood-fern/
LADY
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/athyrium_filix-femina.shtml
LOG
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/66171/
MAIDENHAIR
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=6
OSTRICH
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=531
ROYAL
http://statebystategardening.com/state.php/mi/print/royal_fern/
SENSITIVE
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=532
WOOD
https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=1188
FLOWERS (plantings):
AMARYLLIS
BASIL
BLACK-EYED SUSAN
BLEEDING HEART
BONFIRE
BUTTERFLY WEED
CONEFLOWER
COTONEASTER
CROCUS
DAFFODIL
DAISY
DAY LILY
ENGLISH IVY (Aggressive)
FETTERBUSH
FORGET-ME-NOT (Invasive)
GAZANIA
HONEYSUCKLE (invasive)
HYACINTH (Grape)
HYDRANGEA
IRIS (Yellow, Invasive)
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Aggressive)
MANDEVILLA (Parasol)
MINT (Aggressive)
MYRTLE (Periwinkle, invasive)
PEONY
PERIWINKLE
POTENTILLA
RUSSIAN SAGE
SEDUM
TRUMPET VINE
TULIPS
YARROW
YUCCA
(GRASSES & SEDGES & MOSSES & LICHEN)
MUSHROOMS:
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HOUSE PLANTS:
ALOE VERA
BOSTON FERN
CANDELABRA CACTUS
JADE
MONEY PLANT
MONSTERA DELICIOSA
NATAL MAHOGANY
NORFOLK PINE
DRACAENA
WIRE VINE
SCHEFFLERA
SNAKE PLANT
SPIDER
STAGHORN FERN
BIRDS:
BALD EAGLE
BLACKBIRD, RED-WINGED
BLUE JAY
BUFFLEHEAD
BUNTING, INDIGO
CARDINAL
GRAY CATBIRD
CHICKADEE, BLACK-CAPPED
DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT
COWBIRD
SANDHILL CRANE
CROW
MOURNING DOVE
DUCK:
BUFFLE HEAD
COMMON GOLDEN-EYE
MALLARD
COMMON MERGANSER
HOODED MERGANSER
WOOD
EGRET
FALCON, MERLIN
FINCH:
GOLDFINCH
GROSBEAK
PURPLE
REDPOL
SISKIN
FLYCATCHER, OLIVE-SIDED
GOOSE, CANADA
GRACKLE, COMMON
GREBE, PIE-BILLED
GROUSE, SPRUCE
GULLS
HAWK:
COOPER’S
RED-SHOULDERED
SHARP-SHINNED
HERON
GREAT BLUE
GREEN
HUMMINGBIRD, RUBY-THROATED
JAY, BLUE
KINGBIRD
KINGFISHER
LOON, COMMON
MEADOWLARK
MERLIN
NUTHATCH:
RED-BREASTED
WHITE-BREASTED
ORIOLE, BALTIMORE
OSPREY
OWL:
BARRED
GREAT HORNED
SNOWY
PHOEBE, EASTERN
RAVEN, COMMON
REDPOLL, COMMON
ROBIN
SANDPIPER:
SOLITARY
SPOTTED
SPARROW:
CHIPPING
FOX
JUNCO, DARK-EYED
SONG
WHITE-THROATED
SWAN:
MUTE
TRUMPETER
TANAGER, SCARLET
TITMOUSE, TUFTED
TURKEY, WILD
VIREO, YELLOW-THROATED
VULTURE
WARBLER
BLACKPOLL
CANADA
MAGNOLIA
REDSTART
YELLOW-RUMPED (Myrtle)
WAXWING, CEDAR
WOODCOCK, AMERICAN
WOODPECKER:
DOWNY
HAIRY
NORTHERN FLICKER
PILEATED
RED-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, YELLOW-BELLIED
CRITTERS:
BATS
BLACK BEAR
BOBCAT
COYOTE
CRAYFISH, FRESHWATER
FISH
BLUEGILL
LAKE TROUT
NORTHERN PIKE
SMALL-MOUTH BASS
SUNFISH
FROGS & TOADS
BULLFROG
EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG
EASTERN AMERICAN TOAD
GREEN FROG
NORTHERN SPRING PEEPER
WESTERN CHORUS FROG
WOOD FROG
FOX, RED
INSECTS
MUSKRAT
OPOSSUM
OTTER, RIVER
PORCUPINE, NORTH AMERICAN
RABBIT, COTTONTAIL
RACCOON
RODENTS
EASTERN CHIPMUNK
DEER MOUSE
FLYING SQUIRREL
GRAY & BLACK MORPH SQUIRREL
RED SQUIRREL
MEADOW VOLE
SALAMANDER, RED-BACKED
SNAKES:
BLUE RACER
EASTERN HOGNOSE
EASTERN MILK
GARTER
RIBBON
NORTHERN WATER
SKUNK
TURTLES
PAINTED
SNAPPING
WHITE-TAILED DEER
