Black Spruce

Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities

Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland (FDn32)

Types in Class: Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Canadian Shield) (FDn32a) Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Minnesota Point) (FDn32b) Black Spruce - Jack Pine Woodland (FDn32c) Jack Pine - Balsam Fir Subtype (FDn32c1) Black Spruce - Feathermoss Subtype (FDn32c2) Jack Pine - Black Spruce - Aspen Subtype (FDn32c3) Jack Pine - Black Spruce Woodland (Sand) (FDn32d) Spruce - Fir Woodland (North Shore) (FDn32e)

Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Abies balsamea Balsam fir Acer rubrum Red maple Acer spicatum Mountain maple Alnus viridis ssp. crispa Green alder Amelanchier spp. juneberry Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia Wood anemone Apocynum androsaemifolium Spreading dogbane Aralia nudicaulis Wild sarsaparilla Aster ciliolatus Lindley's aster Aster macrophyllus Large-leaved aster Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum Lady fern Betula papyrifera Paper birch Calamagrostis canadensis Bluejoint Carex pensylvanica var. digyna Sun-loving sedge Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica Pipsissewa Clintonia borealis Bluebead lily Comptonia peregrina Sweet fern Coptis trifolia Goldthread Cornus canadensis Bunchberry Corylus cornuta ssp. cornuta Beaked hazelnut Danthonia spicata Poverty grass Diervilla lonicera Bush honeysuckle Diphasiastrum complanatum Northern groundcedar Diphasiastrum digitatum Southern groundcedar Dryopteris carthusiana Spinulose shield fern Dryopteris intermedia Glandular wood fern Epilobium angustifolium Fireweed Equisetum sylvaticum Woodland horsetail Fragaria vesca var. americana Wood strawberry Fragaria virginiana Common strawberry Galium triflorum Sweet-scented bedstraw Gaultheria hispidula Creeping snowberry Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Ledum groenlandicum Labrador tea Linnaea borealis var. longiflora Twinflower

Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland (FDn32)

Lonicera canadensis Fly honeysuckle Lycopodium annotinum Bristly clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum Running clubmoss Lycopodium dendroideum Round-branched groundpine Lycopodium hickeyi Princess pine Maianthemum canadense Canada mayflower Melampyrum lineare Cow wheat Oryzopsis asperifolia Moutain rice grass Oryzopsis pungens Sharp-pointed rice grass Picea glauca White spruce Picea mariana Black spruce Pinus banksiana Jack pine Pinus resinosa Red pine Pinus strobus White pine Polypodium virginianum Common polypody Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen Prunus virginiana Chokecherry Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum Bracken Pyrola chlorantha Green-flowered pyrola Rosa acicularis Prickly rose Rosa blanda Smooth wild rose Rubus idaeus var. strigosus Red raspberry Rubus pubescens Dwarf raspberry Salix bebbiana Bebb's willow Salix humilis Prairie willow Schizachne purpurascens False melic grass Sorbus spp. mountain ash Streptopus roseus var. longipes Rose twistedstalk Thuja occidentalis White cedar Trientalis borealis Starflower Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium myrtilloides Velvet-leaved blueberry

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (2003). Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Laurentian Mixed Forest Province. Ecological Land Classification Program, Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program. MNDNR St. Paul, MN.

Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland (FDn32)

Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Canadian Shield) (FDn32a) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Pinus resinosa Red pine Pinus strobus White pine Picea glauca White spruce Picea mariana Black spruce

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (2005). Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province. Ecological Land Classification Program, Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program. MNDNR St. Paul, MN.

Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland (FDn32)

Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Minnesota Point) (FDn32b) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Betula papyrifera Paper birch Diervilla lonicera Bush honeysuckle Pinus resinosa Red pine Pinus strobus White pine Prunus pensylvanica Pin cherry Rosa acicularis Prickly rose Rosa blanda Smooth wild rose Rubus idaeus var. strigosus Red raspberry Toxicodendron rydbergii Western poison ivy

Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland (FDn32)

Black Spruce - Jack Pine Woodland (FDn32c) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Picea mariana Black spruce Pinus banksiana Jack pine

Jack Pine - Balsam Fir Subtype (FDn32c1)

Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Abies balsamea Balsam fir Betula papyrifera Paper birch Picea glauca White spruce Pinus banksiana Jack pine Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen

Black Spruce - Feathermoss Subtype (FDn32c2)

Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Abies balsamea Balsam fir Betula papyrifera Paper birch Picea mariana Black spruce Pinus banksiana Jack pine Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen

Jack Pine - Black Spruce - Aspen Subtype (FDn32c3)

Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly everlasting Aster umbellatus Flat-topped aster Betula papyrifera Paper birch Picea mariana Black spruce Pinus banksiana Jack pine Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen

Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland (FDn32)

Jack Pine - Black Spruce Woodland (Sand) (FDn32d) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Epigaea repens Trailing arbutus Picea mariana Black spruce Pinus banksiana Jack pine Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen

Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland (FDn32)

Spruce - Fir Woodland (North Shore) (FDn32e) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Abies balsamea Balsam fir Picea glauca White spruce Picea mariana Black spruce