wpe5.jpg (2127 bytes)U.P. TREE  IDENTIFICATION  KEY
from Michigan State University Extension

 

UPPER PENINSULA BALSAM FIR FOREST TYPE
Introductory paragraph(s) from forest type sheet
Headings --- The Tree

How are forest types defined?  Click here for an explanation.

Tree Species Found in Balsam Fir Stands of the U.P.
The U.P.'s 5th Most Diverse Forest Type in Terms of Tree Species
and 4th Most Common in Terms of Acres

5 Most Common Trees

Other Tree Associates

 

Balsam Fir
White Spruce
Quaking Aspen
Northern White Cedar
Paper Birch

68% of all type volume

Red Maple
White Pine
Black Spruce
Balm-of-Gilead
Sugar Maple
Yellow Birch
Tamarack
Red Pine
Hemlock
Black Ash
Black Cherry
Bigtooth Aspen
 
Jack Pine
Basswood
Northern Red Oak
Scotch Pine
Ironwood
American Elm
Beech
Engelmann Spruce
Boxelder
White Ash
Pin Cherry
Mountain Maple
Species are listed in order by volume, on a state-wide basis.
Source:  USDA Forest Inventory, 1992
For Michigan-wide species list, click here.

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This site created and maintained by Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, now retired.  He continues to respond to suggestions, questions, and corrections. Contact him at cookwi@msu.edu.