| 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. |