The Pitcher’s thistle is a native thistle that grows on the open sand dunes and low open beach ridges along the shorelines of Lakes Michigan, Superior, and Huron. It is now found in Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin and in Ontario Canada.

Cirsium pitcheri, sometimes called Pitcher's thistle or dune thistle, is a species of thistle native to sand dune shorelines along the upper Great Lakes. It is native to Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario. [3] It is listed by the U.S. Fish and …

Pitcher’s thistle, or dune thistle, occurs along the shores of Lake Michigan, Huron, and Superior. Originally discovered around 1820 by Dr. Zina Pitcher in what is now Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, this small thistle grows to a maximum height of about three to four feet when flowering, considerably less that the size reached by its ...

Feb 9, 1992 · Pitcher's thistle is endemic to sand dune systems of the western Great Lakes. This thistle required 70% open sand which restricts their habitat to sand dunes where wind-generated disturbance processes maintain successional vegetation and open sand.

Pitcher’s Dune Thistle: A Critical Part of the Dunes . What is it? Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) is a rare plant found only on the dunes of the Great Lakes, with most of the population on the shores of Lake Michigan and the remainder on Lakes Superior and Huron. This species is federally and state threatened. It is named after Zina ...

Actites, commonly known as the dune thistle, beach thistle or coastal sow thistle, [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Australia and contains only one species, Actites megalocarpa. It is a large, clumping herb with yellow flowers.

Dune thistle is important for the lessons it teaches in evolution and adaptation - for its beauty and the role it plays in the dune plant community. What does the dune thistle look like? blue-green leaves with a downy surface. Its flowers have the familiar …

The Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri), sometimes called dune thistle, is a species of thistle native to sand dune shorelines along the upper Great Lakes. It grows endemically only in Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario.

Common Names: Dune Thistle, Pitcher's Thistle, Sand Dune Thistle. Synonyms: Cnicus pitcheri. Lifespan: Monocarp. Zones: 4 - 6. Type: Forb. Bloom Time: June - August. Status: Native. Range: Cirsium pitcheri, or Dune Thistle, is native only to the sandy shores of Lakes Michigan

Cirsium pitcheri is endemic to beach and dune habitats around lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior. It has been extirpated from portions of its former range at the southern end of Lake Michigan.