| Name,Date,Location,County,Ownership,Description | |
| Black Spruce Bog Natural Area,1976,42°18′58.00″N 84°11′46.49″W / 42.3161111°N 84.1962472°W,Jackson,State,A boreal bog forest with a stand of black spruce; illustrates the last stage of evolution in a sphagnum bog ecosystem. | |
| Dead Stream Swamp,1976,44°6′0″N 84°10′12″W / 44.10000°N 84.17000°W,"Missaukee, Roscommon",State,"An extensive northern white cedar swamp, illustrating the last stage of bog forest evolution. Part of Au Sable State Forest." | |
| Dukes Research Natural Area,1974,46°21′0″N 87°10′0.01″W / 46.35000°N 87.1666694°W,Marquette,Federal,A swamp containing undisturbed stands of cedar and mixed conifers and old-growth hardwood. Part of Hiawatha National Forest. | |
| Grand Mere Lakes,1968,41°59′35″N 86°32′59″W / 41.99306°N 86.54972°W,Berrien,"State, private","Contains multiple low areas created by Lake Michigan's post-glacial ancestors, illustrating aquatic to terrestrial evolution. Provides habitat for several rare species." | |
| Haven Hill State Natural Area,1976,42°38′11″N 83°34′23″W / 42.63639°N 83.57306°W,Oakland,State,A small area that incorporates all forest types found in southern Michigan; plays host to over 100 bird species and 17 species of mammals. | |
| Newton Woods,1976,42°0′32.7594″N 85°58′16.32″W / 42.009099833°N 85.9712000°W,Cass,State,"One of the Lower Peninsula's last remaining old-growth, mixed-oak hardwood forests. Part of the Michigan State University managed Fred Russ Forest." | |
| Porcupine Mountains,1984,46°46′N 89°45′W / 46.767°N 89.750°W,"Gogebic, Ontonagon",State,"Contains extensive white pine and virgin northern hemlock, as well as wave-cut beaches that mark the shorelines of ancient glacial lakes." | |
| Roscommon Virgin Pine Stand,1980,44°6′0″N 84°10′12″W / 44.10000°N 84.17000°W,Roscommon,State,A large stand of old-growth red pine with a documented history of wildfires stretching back to 1798. Part of Au Sable State Forest. | |
| Strangmoor Bog,1973,46°15′N 86°06′W / 46.250°N 86.100°W,Schoolcraft,Federal,"An undisturbed example of a string bog, one of the southernmost locations of this type of bog. Part of Seney National Wildlife Refuge." | |
| Tobico Marsh,1976,43°41′51″N 83°56′11″W / 43.69750°N 83.93639°W,Bay,State,"A mixture of relatively undisturbed hardwood forest, open water and marshland, frequently used by migrating waterfowl. Part of Bay City Recreation Area." | |
| Toumey Woodlot,1976,42°42′13.428″N 84°27′54.36″W / 42.70373000°N 84.4651000°W,Ingham,State,One of southern Michigan's last virgin beech-maple forests; located on the Michigan State University campus and used for ecological research. Managed by Michigan State University. | |
| Warren Woods Natural Area,1967,41°50′00″N 86°37′20″W / 41.83333°N 86.62222°W,Berrien,Private,"One of southern Michigan's last virgin beech-maple forests. Also includes sizable individual specimens of beech, maple and sycamore." | |