Lake Superior Shore

A view of Lake Superior near Schroeder, Minnesota. Plants typical of this harsh, cold and damp habitat are Trichophorum cespitosum, Carex buxbaumii, Deschampsia cespitosa, Pinguicula vulgaris, Drosera rotundifolia, Primula mistassinica, Campanula rotundifolia, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Dasiphora fruticosa, and Solidago ptarmicoides. Lichens especially the crustose forms do well here also such as Xanthoria elegans, Rhizocarpon disporum, Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca, Lecidea tessellata, Lecanora (Protoparmeliopsis) muralis, Candelariella vitellina, and Lecidella effugiens.