Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities Northern Wet Cedar Forest (WFn53) Types in Class: Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) (WFn53a) Lowland White Cedar Forest (Northern) (WFn53b) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Abies balsamea Balsam fir Acer rubrum Red maple Acer spicatum Mountain maple Actaea rubra Red baneberry Alnus incana ssp. rugosa Speckled alder Amelanchier spp. juneberry Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia Wood anemone Aralia nudicaulis Wild sarsaparilla Aster macrophyllus Large-leaved aster Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum Lady fern Betula alleghaniensis Yellow birch Betula papyrifera Paper birch Botrychium virginianum Rattlesnake fern Caltha palustris Common marsh marigold Carex arctata Drooping wood sedge Carex disperma Soft-leaved sedge Carex gracillima Graceful sedge Carex intumescens Bladder sedge Carex leptalea Bristle-stalked sedge Carex pedunculata Long-stalked sedge Carex trisperma Three-seeded bog sedge Cinna latifolia Drooping woodreed Circaea alpina var. alpina Alpine enchanter's nightshade Clintonia borealis Bluebead lily Coptis trifolia Goldthread Cornus canadensis Bunchberry Cornus sericea Red-osier dogwood Corylus cornuta ssp. cornuta Beaked hazelnut Dryopteris carthusiana Spinulose shield fern Dryopteris cristata Crested fern Dryopteris intermedia Glandular wood fern Equisetum sylvaticum Woodland horsetail Fragaria virginiana Common strawberry Fraxinus nigra Black ash Galium triflorum Sweet-scented bedstraw Gaultheria hispidula Creeping snowberry Glyceria striata Fowl manna grass Gymnocarpium dryopteris Common oak fern Huperzia lucidula Shining fir moss Impatiens spp. touch-me-not Ledum groenlandicum Labrador tea ©2011, MinnesotaSeasons.com. 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Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities Northern Wet Cedar Forest (WFn53) Linnaea borealis var. longiflora Twinflower Lonicera canadensis Fly honeysuckle Lycopus uniflorus Northern bugleweed Maianthemum canadense Canada mayflower Mitella nuda Naked miterwort Moneses uniflora One-flowered pyrola Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon fern Osmunda claytoniana Interrupted fern Petasites frigidus var. palmatus Palmate sweet coltsfoot Phegopteris connectilis Long beech fern Picea glauca White spruce Picea mariana Black spruce Rhamnus alnifolia Dwarf alder Ribes triste Swamp red currant Rubus idaeus var. strigosus Red raspberry Rubus pubescens Dwarf raspberry Smilacina trifolia Three-leaved false Solomon's seal Sorbus spp. mountain ash Streptopus roseus var. longipes Rose twistedstalk Thuja occidentalis White cedar Trientalis borealis Starflower Trillium cernuum var. macranthum Nodding trillium Ulmus americana American elm Viola renifolia Kidney-leaved violet 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. ©2011, MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved. Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities Northern Wet Cedar Forest (WFn53) Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) (WFn53a) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Abies balsamea Balsam fir Acer saccharum Sugar maple Acer spicatum Mountain maple Alnus incana ssp. rugosa Speckled alder Betula alleghaniensis Yellow birch Betula cordifolia Heart-leaved birch Betula papyrifera Paper birch Fraxinus nigra Black ash Huperzia lucidula Shining fir moss Mertensia paniculata Panicled bluebells Phegopteris connectilis Long beech fern Picea glauca White spruce Picea mariana Black spruce Sorbus spp. mountain ash Streptopus amplexifolius Clasping leaved twistedstalk Taxus canadensis Canada yew Thuja occidentalis White cedar 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. ©2011, MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved. Species Frequently Found in Native Plant Communities Northern Wet Cedar Forest (WFn53) Lowland White Cedar Forest (Northern) (WFn53b) Scientific Name Column1 Common Name Rare Status Abies balsamea Balsam fir Actaea rubra Red baneberry Betula papyrifera Paper birch Botrychium virginianum Rattlesnake fern Fragaria virginiana Common strawberry Fraxinus nigra Black ash Impatiens spp. touch-me-not Lycopus uniflorus Northern bugleweed Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Northern marsh fern Thuja occidentalis White cedar Ulmus americana American elm Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush blueberry 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. ©2011, MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved..