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

 

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

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Tree Species Found in White Pine Stands of the U.P.
The U.P.'s 10th Most Diverse Forest Type in Terms of Tree Species
and 12th Most Common in Terms of Acres

5 Most Common Trees

Other Tree Associates

White Pine
Red Pine
Paper Birch
Quaking Aspen
Paper Birch 

81% of all type volume

White Spruce
Black Spruce
Balsam Fir
Bigtooth Aspen
Sugar Maple
Hemlock
Northern White Cedar
Jack Pine
Northern Red Oak
Yellow Birch
Beech
Tamarack
Balm-of-Gilead
Bur Oak
Basswood
Black Ash
Black Cherry
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.