Native plants · Michigan
Native plants of Manistee County
372 plant species are recorded as native to Michigan in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Manistee County by USDA PLANTS. 179 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 3 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Manistee County, Michigan
- Native species
- 372 Typical Michigan county: 495 (median of 83 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 179 Typical Michigan county: 227
- Share by type (all 372 native species)
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Percent of the 372 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (58%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (18%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 179
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny blackberry Rubus allegheniensis | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Allegheny serviceberry Amelanchier laevis | Tree | 35 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| alternateleaf dogwood Cornus alternifolia | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| American basswood Tilia americana | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| American beachgrass Ammophila breviligulata | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| American beech Fagus grandifolia | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| American bittersweet Celastrus scandens | Vine | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| American black currant Ribes americanum | Shrub | 3 ft | — | — | Zone 2b |
| American eelgrass Vallisneria americana | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| American elm Ulmus americana | Tree | 120 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American pokeweed Phytolacca americana | Wildflower (forb) | 7.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American red raspberry Rubus idaeus | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 1a |
| American water horehound Lycopus americanus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| American witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana | Tree | 20 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| arborvitae Thuja occidentalis | Tree | 50 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| arumleaf arrowhead Sagittaria cuneata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| beach pea Lathyrus japonicus | Vine | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| beaked sedge Carex rostrata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| beaked spikerush Eleocharis rostellata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| bigleaf aster Eurybia macrophylla | Wildflower (forb) | 4.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| bigtooth aspen Populus grandidentata | Tree | 65 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| black ash Fraxinus nigra | Tree | 65 ft | Sun | High | Zone 2b |
| black cherry Prunus serotina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| black spruce Picea mariana | Tree | 65 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 1a |
| blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| blackgum Nyssa sylvatica | Tree | 95 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| bluebead Clintonia borealis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| blunt spikerush Eleocharis obtusa | Grass or grass-like | 1.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11a |
| bluntleaf bedstraw Galium obtusum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| bog goldenrod Solidago uliginosa | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| bog willowherb Epilobium leptophyllum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| bristly dewberry Rubus hispidus | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| broadleaf arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| broadlipped twayblade Listera convallarioides | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| bunchberry dogwood Cornus canadensis | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| calico aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Canada wildrye Elymus canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Canada yew Taxus canadensis | Shrub | 5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12b |
| Canadian lousewort Pedicularis canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| chokecherry Prunus virginiana | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| closed bottle gentian Gentiana andrewsii | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common blue violet Viola sororia | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| common blue wood aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| common cowparsnip Heracleum maximum | Wildflower (forb) | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common hoptree Ptelea trifoliata | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| common juniper Juniperus communis | Tree | 10 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| common ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| common rush Juncus effusus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common selfheal Prunella vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common sneezeweed Helenium autumnale | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| common winterberry Ilex verticillata | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| creeping snowberry Gaultheria hispidula | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| cursed buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 12b |
| devil's beggartick Bidens frondosa | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12a |
| devil's darning needles Clematis virginiana | Vine | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Dewey sedge Carex deweyana | Grass or grass-like | 3.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| dotted smartweed Polygonum punctatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| downy yellow violet Viola pubescens | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| drooping woodreed Cinna latifolia | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| Drummond's rockcress Arabis drummondii | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| eastern teaberry Gaultheria procumbens | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| fineleaf pondweed Stuckenia filiformis | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| fireweed Chamerion angustifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 5.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| flatstem pondweed Potamogeton zosteriformis | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| floating pondweed Potamogeton natans | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| fowl mannagrass Glyceria striata | Grass or grass-like | 5.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| fringed sedge Carex crinita | Grass or grass-like | 5.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| gray alder Alnus incana | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| gray goldenrod Solidago nemoralis | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| greater bladder sedge Carex intumescens | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| green bulrush Scirpus atrovirens | Grass or grass-like | 5.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 2a |
| groundnut Apios americana | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| hardstem bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus | Grass or grass-like | 9.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| hop sedge Carex lupulina | Grass or grass-like | 4.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana | Tree | 45 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| inland sedge Carex interior | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| jack pine Pinus banksiana | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 2a |
| kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Shrub | 6 in | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| knotted rush Juncus nodosus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| largeleaf pondweed Potamogeton amplifolius | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| leafy pondweed Potamogeton foliosus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| little green sedge Carex viridula | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| littleleaf buttercup Ranunculus abortivus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| longhair sedge Carex comosa | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum acerifolium | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Missouri River willow Salix eriocephala | Tree | 52 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| mountain maple Acer spicatum | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| needle spikerush Eleocharis acicularis | Grass or grass-like | 8 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| nodding beggartick Bidens cernua | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| nodding fescue Festuca subverticillata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| northern bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera | Shrub | 2.4 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| northern mountain ash Sorbus decora | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 2a |
| northern St. Johnswort Hypericum boreale | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| Pacific anemone Anemone multifida | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| paper birch Betula papyrifera | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| Pennsylvania bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Pennsylvania buttercup Ranunculus pensylvanicus | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| pickerelweed Pontederia cordata | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica | Tree | 30 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| poverty rush Juncus tenuis | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| prairie sandreed Calamovilfa longifolia | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| prairie willow Salix humilis | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| purple avens Geum rivale | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| purplestem aster Symphyotrichum puniceum | Wildflower (forb) | 8.1 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| purplestem beggarticks Bidens connata | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| pussy willow Salix discolor | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| quaking aspen Populus tremuloides | Tree | 65 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| rattlesnake mannagrass Glyceria canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| red currant Ribes triste | Shrub | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 1a |
| red maple Acer rubrum | Tree | 68 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| red pine Pinus resinosa | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| redosier dogwood Cornus sericea | Tree | 12 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| rice cutgrass Leersia oryzoides | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| roundleaf dogwood Cornus rugosa | Tree | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| roundleaf goldenrod Solidago patula | Wildflower (forb) | 6.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| roundleaf serviceberry Amelanchier sanguinea | Tree | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| rufous bulrush Scirpus pendulus | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| russet buffaloberry Shepherdia canadensis | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 1a |
| sageleaf willow Salix candida | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| sago pondweed Stuckenia pectinata | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| sandbar willow Salix interior | Tree | 30 ft | Sun | — | Zone 1a |
| sandcherry Prunus pumila | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| sassafras Sassafras albidum | Tree | 75 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| shining willow Salix lucida | Tree | 13 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| silky dogwood Cornus amomum | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| silverweed cinquefoil Argentina anserina | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| slender flatsedge Cyperus bipartitus | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| small enchanter's nightshade Circaea alpina | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| smallhead rush Juncus brachycephalus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| smallspike false nettle Boehmeria cylindrica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| smooth blue aster Symphyotrichum laeve | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| spotted joe pye weed Eutrochium maculatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| staghorn sumac Rhus typhina | Tree | 30 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| star duckweed Lemna trisulca | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| sugar maple Acer saccharum | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| swamp rose Rosa palustris | Shrub | 8.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| swamp smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| sweet fern Comptonia peregrina | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| sweetgale Myrica gale | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| tall hairy agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| tamarack Larix laricina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 1a |
| tawny cottongrass Eriophorum virginicum | Grass or grass-like | 3.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| thickspike wheatgrass Elymus lanceolatus | Grass or grass-like | 2.3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| threepetal bedstraw Galium trifidum | Vine | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| threeseeded sedge Carex trisperma | Grass or grass-like | 1.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| toad rush Juncus bufonius | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| Torrey's rush Juncus torreyi | Grass or grass-like | 3.1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton gramineus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| Virginia iris Iris virginica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8b |
| Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| western fescue Festuca occidentalis | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3a |
| western pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| white avens Geum canadense | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| white panicle aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| wild sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| winged sumac Rhus copallinum | Tree | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| winter bentgrass Agrostis hyemalis | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| woolly beachheather Hudsonia tomentosa | Shrub | 1 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| wreath goldenrod Solidago caesia | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| wrinkleleaf goldenrod Solidago rugosa | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis | Tree | 75 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 2b |
| yellow marsh marigold Caltha palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| zigzag goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5b |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 193
PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.
Hidden while “Garden-ready only” is on.
- Allegheny monkeyflower Mimulus ringens
- alpine violet Viola labradorica
- American fly honeysuckle Lonicera canadensis
- American golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium americanum
- American hogpeanut Amphicarpaea bracteata
- American mannagrass Glyceria grandis
- American marshpennywort Hydrocotyle americana
- American milletgrass Milium effusum
- American searocket Cakile edentula
- American spikenard Aralia racemosa
- American spurred gentian Halenia deflexa
- American white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
- American wintergreen Pyrola americana
- ashy sunflower Helianthus mollis
- balsam groundsel Packera paupercula
- Bebb willow Salix bebbiana
- Beck's water-marigold Bidens beckii
- beechdrops Epifagus virginiana
- bigbract verbena Verbena bracteata
- bigfruit hawthorn Crataegus macrosperma
- birdfoot violet Viola pedata
- blackseed plantain Plantago rugelii
- blackseed speargrass Piptochaetium avenaceum
- blisterwort Ranunculus recurvatus
- bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
- blue skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora
- bottomland aster Symphyotrichum ontarionis
- bright green spikerush Eleocharis olivacea
- bristly sarsaparilla Aralia hispida
- brownfruit rush Juncus pelocarpus
- bulblet-bearing water hemlock Cicuta bulbifera
- Canada lettuce Lactuca canadensis
- Canada mayflower Maianthemum canadense
- Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
- Canadian anemone Anemone canadensis
- Canadian clearweed Pilea pumila
- Canadian honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
- Canadian white violet Viola canadensis
- Canadian wildginger Asarum canadense
- Canadian woodnettle Laportea canadensis
- candle anemone Anemone cylindrica
- Carolina puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense
- Carolina springbeauty Claytonia caroliniana
- catberry Ilex mucronata
- chairmaker's bulrush Schoenoplectus americanus
- clammy groundcherry Physalis heterophylla
- Clayton's sweetroot Osmorhiza claytonii
- clustered blacksnakeroot Sanicula odorata
- clustered broomrape Orobanche fasciculata
- coastal jointweed Polygonella articulata
- common bladderwort Utricularia macrorhiza
- common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
- common milkweed Asclepias syriaca
- crinkleroot Cardamine diphylla
- Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
- cutleaf toothwort Cardamine concatenata
- devil's bite Liatris scariosa
- downy willowherb Epilobium strictum
- Dudley's rush Juncus dudleyi
- dwarf ginseng Panax trifolius
- dwarf red blackberry Rubus pubescens
- earth loosestrife Lysimachia terrestris
- eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron annuus
- eastern leatherwood Dirca palustris
- eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
- eastern prickly gooseberry Ribes cynosbati
- elliptic spikerush Eleocharis elliptica
- erect knotweed Polygonum erectum
- feathery false lily of the valley Maianthemum racemosum
- fen grass of Parnassus Parnassia glauca
- fewflower spikerush Eleocharis quinqueflora
- flat-top goldentop Euthamia graminifolia
- fourflower yellow loosestrife Lysimachia quadriflora
- fragrant bedstraw Galium triflorum
- Fraser's marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum fraseri
- Fries' pondweed Potamogeton friesii
- fringed loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata
- fringed willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
- gaywings Polygala paucifolia
- great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
- Great Plains flatsedge Cyperus lupulinus
- green fringed orchid Platanthera lacera
- greenflowered wintergreen Pyrola chlorantha
- hairy goldenrod Solidago hispida
- hairy Solomon's seal Polygonatum pubescens
- hemlock waterparsnip Sium suave
- hoary puccoon Lithospermum canescens
- hoary verbena Verbena stricta
- hookedspur violet Viola adunca
- horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta
- Howell's pussytoes Antennaria howellii
- Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
- Indian cucumber Medeola virginiana
- Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora
- knotsheath sedge Carex retrorsa
- lanceleaf wild licorice Galium lanceolatum
- large St. Johnswort Hypericum majus
- largeflower bellwort Uvularia grandiflora
- lesser rattlesnake plantain Goodyera repens
- limber honeysuckle Lonicera dioica
- Lindley's aster Symphyotrichum ciliolatum
- liverleaf wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia
- longbranch frostweed Helianthemum canadense
- longspur violet Viola rostrata
- longstalk sedge Carex pedunculata
- low false bindweed Calystegia spithamaea
- lyrate rockcress Arabis lyrata
- marsh blue violet Viola cucullata
- marsh pea Lathyrus palustris
- marsh skullcap Scutellaria galericulata
- Maryland sanicle Sanicula marilandica
- moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule
- mountain deathcamas Zigadenus elegans
- Muhlenberg's sedge Carex muehlenbergii
- naked miterwort Mitella nuda
- nakedflower ticktrefoil Desmodium nudiflorum
- narrowleaf cowwheat Melampyrum lineare
- narrowleaf hawkweed Hieracium umbellatum
- needle beaksedge Rhynchospora capillacea
- New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
- northern bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus
- northern evening primrose Oenothera parviflora
- northern long sedge Carex folliculata
- northern shorthusk Brachyelytrum aristosum
- Norwegian cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica
- Ontario lobelia Lobelia kalmii
- partridgeberry Mitchella repens
- pinesap Monotropa hypopitys
- plantainleaf sedge Carex plantaginea
- poke milkweed Asclepias exaltata
- purple meadow-rue Thalictrum dasycarpum
- racemed milkwort Polygala polygama
- ramp Allium tricoccum
- rattlesnakeweed Hieracium venosum
- red baneberry Actaea rubra
- red columbine Aquilegia canadensis
- Richardson's pondweed Potamogeton richardsonii
- Robbins' spikerush Eleocharis robbinsii
- Robert geranium Geranium robertianum
- rough barnyardgrass Echinochloa muricata
- rough false pennyroyal Hedeoma hispida
- rough hawkweed Hieracium scabrum
- roughleaf ricegrass Oryzopsis asperifolia
- roundleaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia
- scaldweed Cuscuta gronovii
- Schweinitz's flatsedge Cyperus schweinitzii
- seaside sandmat Chamaesyce polygonifolia
- sevenangle pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum
- shaved sedge Carex tonsa
- showy lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae
- sidebells wintergreen Orthilia secunda
- slender fimbry Fimbristylis autumnalis
- small bur-reed Sparganium natans
- small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus
- smooth rose Rosa blanda
- smooth sawgrass Cladium mariscoides
- spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia
- spotted water hemlock Cicuta maculata
- spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
- starflower Trientalis borealis
- starry false lily of the valley Maianthemum stellatum
- starved panicgrass Dichanthelium depauperatum
- summer coralroot Corallorhiza maculata
- swamp verbena Verbena hastata
- sweet white violet Viola blanda
- tall thimbleweed Anemone virginiana
- thinleaf cottonsedge Eriophorum viridicarinatum
- threeleaf false lily of the valley Maianthemum trifolium
- threeleaf goldthread Coptis trifolia
- trailing arbutus Epigaea repens
- tussock cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum
- twinflower Linnaea borealis
- twoleaf miterwort Mitella diphylla
- umbrella flatsedge Cyperus diandrus
- Virginia dwarfdandelion Krigia virginica
- Virginia mountainmint Pycnanthemum virginianum
- Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
- water arum Calla palustris
- waxflower shinleaf Pyrola elliptica
- western rattlesnake plantain Goodyera oblongifolia
- white adder's-mouth orchid Malaxis brachypoda
- white baneberry Actaea pachypoda
- white bear sedge Carex albursina
- white colicroot Aletris farinosa
- white rattlesnakeroot Prenanthes alba
- white trillium Trillium grandiflorum
- white turtlehead Chelone glabra
- winged lythrum Lythrum alatum
- witchgrass Panicum capillare
- wood anemone Anemone quinquefolia
- woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca
- yellow avens Geum aleppicum
- yellow coralroot Corallorhiza trifida
Also listed as native and introduced here 3
PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.
- annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- common reedPhragmites australis
- Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
Compared with Michigan
The typical county is the median of the 83 Michigan counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.
| Measure | Manistee County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 372 | 495 | 1,641 |
| Garden-ready natives | 179 | 227 | 595 |
| Tree | 44 | — | 136 |
| Shrub | 34 | — | 104 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 214 | — | 870 |
| Grass or grass-like | 68 | — | 398 |
| Vine | 12 | — | 48 |
| Fern | 0 | — | 85 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Manistee County.
- Benzie County, MI 232 garden-ready
- Lake County, MI 124 garden-ready
- Mason County, MI 177 garden-ready
- Wexford County, MI 107 garden-ready
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Zones
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
- Scope
- Manistee County (county FIPS 26101), Michigan. 372 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources