Protected Native Plants

By Michigan State Law

List of Michigan endangered and threatened plants

Do Not Pick or Dig

• American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
• Birdfoot Violet (Viola pedata)
• Climbing Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
• False Indigo (Baptisia leucophaea)
• Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) (doesn't grow in area)
• Gentian ( G. alba Muhl., G. crinita, G. linearis, G. puberulenta, G. saponaria,)
• Ladyslippers and Orchids (grow in Cadillac area) Arethusa bulbosa, Calopogon pulchellus, Corallorhiza maculata, C. striata, Cypripedium acaule, C. reginae, C. calceolus, Habenaaria ciliaris, H. fimbriata' H. lacera, Isotria medeoloides, Spiranthes cernua, Triphora trianthophora)
• Michigan Holly or Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) (grows in Cadillac area)
• Pipsisewa (Chimaphila umbellata)
• Purple Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua)
• Sweet William (Phlox maculata)
• Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
• Trillium (T. grandiflorum, T. cernuum, T. erectum, T. sessile, T undulatum) (grow in Cadillac area)
• Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides)

In addition the following are prohibited in flower show design and horticulture by MGC, Inc rules.

• Adder’s Tongue, Dogtooth Violet or Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
• Bloodroot (Sanguinarea canadensis) (grows in Cadillac area)
• Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
• Cowslips or Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
• Indian Pipe (Monotropa unifora)
  
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
• Wild lilies – All are protected ( Lillium canadense, L. michiganense, L. philadelphicum, L. superbum)
• Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
• Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
• Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis)(grows in Cadillac area)
• Wild Iris (Iris pseudacorus, I. versicolor)