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from Michigan State University Extension

MICHIGAN ASPEN FOREST TYPE

Tree Species Found in Aspen Stands
Michigan's 4th Most Diverse Forest Type in Terms of Tree Species
and 2nd Most Common in Terms of Acres

10 Most Common Trees

Other Tree Associates

Quaking Aspen
Bigtooth Aspen
Red Maple
Paper Birch
Balsam Fir
Northern Red Oak
White Spruce
Sugar Maple
Northern White Cedar
Balm-of-Gilead

89% of all type volume

White Pine
Red Pine
Black Cherry
Basswood
White Oak
White Ash
Jack Pine
Black Spruce
Black Ash
Hemlock
Black Oak
American Elm
Yellow Birch
Green Ash
Beech
Tamarack
Eastern Cottonwood
Silver Maple
Ironwood
Northern Pin Oak
Black Willow
Bur Oak
Scotch Pine
Pin Cherry
Apple
Blackgum
Musclewood
Flowering Dogwood
Sassafras
Norway Spruce
Choke Cherry
Swamp White Oak
Hawthorne
American Mountain Ash
Rock Elm
Boxelder
Mockernut Hickory
Striped Maple
Slippery Elm
Species are listed in order by volume, on a state-wide basis.
15 forest types are recognized for Michigan.
Source:  USDA Forest Inventory, 1992

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


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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.