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

 

UPPER PENINSULA XXX 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 Northern White Cedar Stands of the U.P.
The U.P.'s 6th Most Diverse Forest Type in Terms of Tree Species
and 5th Most Common in Terms of Acres

5 10 Most Common Trees

Other Tree Associates

Sugar Maple
Red Maple

Hemlock
Yellow Birch
Basswood
Quaking Aspen
American Beech
Balsam Fir
Cedar
Black Cherry

XX% of all type volume

Paper Birch
White Spruce
White Pine
N. Red Oak
Black Ash
White Ash
Bigtooth Aspen
American Elm
Ironwood
Balm-of-Gilead
Black Spruce
Green Ash
Red Pine
Jack Pine
Tamarack
Silver Maple
Striped Maple
Pin Cherry
Mountain Maple
Chokecherry
Scotch Pine
Butternut
Black Willow
Rock Elm
Cottonwood
Am. Mtn. Ash
Boxelder
Musclewood
Slippery Elm
Bitternut Hickory
Bur Oak
Black Maple
Ohio Buckeye
White Oak
Apple Spp.
Peachleaf Willow
N. Pin Oak
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.