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Native Forest Plants

A forest has at least one layer of trees which provide 80% to 100% ground shade. Typically, there is also a shrub and herb layer beneath. Forests are a common ecosystem throughout the Great Lakes Region.

photo of snowtrees
snowfall on trees 		photo of violets
violet
photo of a trilium
trilium 		photo of trees shown from the ground upward
Hiawatha National Forest
Photo courtesy of Perry Allen

Looking up a tree in the 
Upper Peninsula, Michigan

photo of a fern
fern

 

 
 
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