Native plants · Michigan
Native plants of Missaukee County
291 plant species are recorded as native to Michigan in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Missaukee County by USDA PLANTS. 137 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 2 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Missaukee County, Michigan
- Native species
- 291 Typical Michigan county: 495 (median of 83 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 137 Typical Michigan county: 227
- Share by type (all 291 native species)
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Percent of the 291 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (53%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (20%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 137
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 beech Fagus grandifolia | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| American chestnut Castanea dentata | Tree | 115 ft | Sun | Medium | 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 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 |
| arctic brome Bromus kalmii | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| arumleaf arrowhead Sagittaria cuneata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| awlfruit sedge Carex stipata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| beaked sedge Carex rostrata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Bebb's sedge Carex bebbii | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| 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 cherry Prunus serotina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata | Shrub | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| black oak Quercus velutina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bluebead Clintonia borealis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bog birch Betula pumila | Shrub | 20 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| bog Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bog laurel Kalmia polifolia | Shrub | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| broadfruit bur-reed Sparganium eurycarpum | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| broadleaf arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| broom sedge Carex scoparia | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| bunchberry dogwood Cornus canadensis | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| bur oak Quercus macrocarpa | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| 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 |
| cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| chokecherry Prunus virginiana | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| 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 ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| common selfheal Prunella vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common serviceberry Amelanchier arborea | Tree | 36 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common spikerush Eleocharis palustris | Grass or grass-like | 1.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common winterberry Ilex verticillata | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| coon's tail Ceratophyllum demersum | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| creeping snowberry Gaultheria hispidula | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| crested sedge Carex cristatella | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| ditch stonecrop Penthorum sedoides | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| downy yellow violet Viola pubescens | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Drummond's rockcress Arabis drummondii | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| eastern rough sedge Carex scabrata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 bluegrass Poa palustris | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | 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 |
| giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea | Wildflower (forb) | 8.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| golden sedge Carex aurea | Grass or grass-like | 1.2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| graceful sedge Carex gracillima | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | 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 |
| 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 |
| inland sedge Carex interior | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| jack pine Pinus banksiana | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 2a |
| largeleaf pondweed Potamogeton amplifolius | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| limestone meadow sedge Carex granularis | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum acerifolium | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| marsh seedbox Ludwigia palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| necklace sedge Carex projecta | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| nerveless woodland sedge Carex leptonervia | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| nodding waternymph Najas flexilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| northern bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera | Shrub | 2.4 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| northern St. Johnswort Hypericum boreale | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| paper birch Betula papyrifera | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| 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 |
| pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata | Shrub | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| prairie willow Salix humilis | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| 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 elderberry Sambucus racemosa | Tree | 18 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| riverbank grape Vitis riparia | Vine | 45 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Robbins' pondweed Potamogeton robbinsii | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| rock elm Ulmus thomasii | Tree | 90 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| roundleaf serviceberry Amelanchier sanguinea | Tree | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| shining willow Salix lucida | Tree | 13 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa | Shrub | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| silver maple Acer saccharinum | Tree | 90 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 2b |
| skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| 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 |
| softstem bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Grass or grass-like | 9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| spotted joe pye weed Eutrochium maculatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| 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 |
| tamarack Larix laricina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 1a |
| three-way sedge Dulichium arundinaceum | Grass or grass-like | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| toad rush Juncus bufonius | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| tufted loosestrife Lysimachia thyrsiflora | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton gramineus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| vernal water-starwort Callitriche palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Virginia iris Iris virginica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8b |
| water knotweed Polygonum amphibium | Wildflower (forb) | 1 in | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| western pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| white meadowsweet Spiraea alba | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| whitestem pondweed Potamogeton praelongus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| 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 |
| woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 154
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 white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
- autumn willow Salix serissima
- balsam groundsel Packera paupercula
- Bebb willow Salix bebbiana
- Beck's water-marigold Bidens beckii
- blite goosefoot Chenopodium capitatum
- bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
- bluntleaved orchid Platanthera obtusata
- bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia
- bog white violet Viola lanceolata
- bog willow Salix pedicellaris
- bog yellowcress Rorippa palustris
- boreal bog sedge Carex magellanica
- bottlebrush sedge Carex hystericina
- bristly sarsaparilla Aralia hispida
- broad looseflower sedge Carex laxiflora
- brownfruit rush Juncus pelocarpus
- Canada mayflower Maianthemum canadense
- Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
- Canadian anemone Anemone canadensis
- Canadian white violet Viola canadensis
- Canadian wildginger Asarum canadense
- Canadian woodnettle Laportea canadensis
- Carolina springbeauty Claytonia caroliniana
- catberry Ilex mucronata
- chairmaker's bulrush Schoenoplectus americanus
- clammy groundcherry Physalis heterophylla
- coastal jointweed Polygonella articulata
- common bladderwort Utricularia macrorhiza
- common milkweed Asclepias syriaca
- common moonseed Menispermum canadense
- common pricklyash Zanthoxylum americanum
- crinkleroot Cardamine diphylla
- devil's bite Liatris scariosa
- dotted hawthorn Crataegus punctata
- Dudley's rush Juncus dudleyi
- dutchman's breeches Dicentra cucullaria
- dwarf ginseng Panax trifolius
- dwarf red blackberry Rubus pubescens
- eastern leatherwood Dirca palustris
- eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
- eastern prickly gooseberry Ribes cynosbati
- elliptic spikerush Eleocharis elliptica
- false melic Schizachne purpurascens
- feathery false lily of the valley Maianthemum racemosum
- fewnerved cottongrass Eriophorum tenellum
- fewseed sedge Carex oligosperma
- fibrousroot sedge Carex communis
- fireberry hawthorn Crataegus chrysocarpa
- flat-top goldentop Euthamia graminifolia
- fragrant bedstraw Galium triflorum
- Fraser's marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum fraseri
- Fries' pondweed Potamogeton friesii
- fringed loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata
- gaywings Polygala paucifolia
- Gmelin's buttercup Ranunculus gmelinii
- greenflowered wintergreen Pyrola chlorantha
- grove bluegrass Poa alsodes
- hairy goldenrod Solidago hispida
- hairy Solomon's seal Polygonatum pubescens
- harlequin blueflag Iris versicolor
- hay sedge Carex argyrantha
- heartleaf four o'clock Mirabilis nyctaginea
- hemlock waterparsnip Sium suave
- hoary verbena Verbena stricta
- horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta
- Howell's pussytoes Antennaria howellii
- hyssopleaf hedgenettle Stachys hyssopifolia
- Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
- Indian cucumber Medeola virginiana
- Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata
- Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora
- Kalm's hawkweed Hieracium kalmii
- knotsheath sedge Carex retrorsa
- lanceleaf figwort Scrophularia lanceolata
- large St. Johnswort Hypericum majus
- largeflower bellwort Uvularia grandiflora
- lesser Canadian St. Johnswort Hypericum canadense
- limber honeysuckle Lonicera dioica
- Lindley's aster Symphyotrichum ciliolatum
- liverleaf wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia
- longleaf groundcherry Physalis longifolia
- longspur violet Viola rostrata
- low false bindweed Calystegia spithamaea
- mapleleaf goosefoot Chenopodium simplex
- marsh blue violet Viola cucullata
- marsh skullcap Scutellaria galericulata
- Maryland sanicle Sanicula marilandica
- moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule
- mountain ricegrass Piptatheropsis pungens
- narrowleaf cowwheat Melampyrum lineare
- northern bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus
- northern slender lady's tresses Spiranthes lacera
- Norwegian cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica
- oldpasture bluegrass Poa saltuensis
- orangefruit horse-gentian Triosteum aurantiacum
- palespike lobelia Lobelia spicata
- plantainleaf sedge Carex plantaginea
- purple chokeberry Aronia ×prunifolia
- purple false foxglove Agalinis purpurea
- purple marshlocks Comarum palustre
- purple meadow-rue Thalictrum dasycarpum
- rabbit-tobacco Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- ramp Allium tricoccum
- rattlesnakeweed Hieracium venosum
- red baneberry Actaea rubra
- red columbine Aquilegia canadensis
- Robert geranium Geranium robertianum
- rough false pennyroyal Hedeoma hispida
- rough hawkweed Hieracium scabrum
- roughleaf ricegrass Oryzopsis asperifolia
- roundleaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia
- running serviceberry Amelanchier stolonifera
- sevenangle pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum
- sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia
- shortspike watermilfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum
- shrubby fivefingers Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
- sidebells wintergreen Orthilia secunda
- skullcap speedwell Veronica scutellata
- slender rosette grass Dichanthelium xanthophysum
- small green wood orchid Platanthera clavellata
- smooth sawgrass Cladium mariscoides
- spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
- starved panicgrass Dichanthelium depauperatum
- swamp dock Rumex verticillatus
- swamp thistle Cirsium muticum
- swamp verbena Verbena hastata
- threeleaf goldthread Coptis trifolia
- tower rockcress Arabis glabra
- trailing arbutus Epigaea repens
- tussock cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum
- twinflower Linnaea borealis
- twoflower dwarfdandelion Krigia biflora
- twoleaf miterwort Mitella diphylla
- Virginia dwarfdandelion Krigia virginica
- watershield Brasenia schreberi
- waxflower shinleaf Pyrola elliptica
- whip-poor-will flower Trillium cernuum
- white beaksedge Rhynchospora alba
- white bear sedge Carex albursina
- white rattlesnakeroot Prenanthes alba
- white trillium Trillium grandiflorum
- white turtlehead Chelone glabra
- willowleaf aster Symphyotrichum praealtum
- witchgrass Panicum capillare
- wood anemone Anemone quinquefolia
- woollyfruit sedge Carex lasiocarpa
- yellow avens Geum aleppicum
- yellow sedge Carex flava
- yellow widelip orchid Liparis loeselii
Also listed as native and introduced here 2
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
- 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 | Missaukee County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 291 | 495 | 1,641 |
| Garden-ready natives | 137 | 227 | 595 |
| Tree | 39 | — | 136 |
| Shrub | 34 | — | 104 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 154 | — | 870 |
| Grass or grass-like | 57 | — | 398 |
| Vine | 7 | — | 48 |
| Fern | 0 | — | 85 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Missaukee County.
- Kalkaska County, MI 154 garden-ready
- Osceola County, MI 124 garden-ready
- Roscommon County, MI 204 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
- Missaukee County (county FIPS 26113), Michigan. 291 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