OH Michigan

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from Michigan State University Extension

MICHIGAN OAK-HICKORY FOREST TYPE

Tree Species Found in Oak-Hickory Stands Michigan's 2nd Most Diverse Forest Type in Terms of Tree Species and 3rd Most Common in Terms of Acres
10 Most Common Trees	Other Tree Associates
Northern Red Oak White Oak Black Oak Red Maple Bigtooth Aspen Black Cherry White Pine Northern Pin Oak Red Pine Jack Pine 86% of all type volume	Shagbark Hickory White Ash Quaking Aspen Black Walnut Swamp White Oak Sugar Maple Bitternut Hickory Basswood Sassafras Paper Birch Bur Oak Beech Pignut Hickory American Elm Silver Maple Mockernut Hickory Green Ash	Eastern Cottonwood Pin Oak White Spruce Ironwood Yellow Poplar Scotch Pine Black Ash Hemlock Slippery Elm Butternut Shellbark Hickory Scarlet Oak Balsam Fir Northern White Cedar Eastern Redcedar Rock Elm Blackgum	Black Willow Flowering Dogwood Apple Balm-of-Gilead Yellow Birch Sycamore Chinkapin Oak Pin Cherry Hackberry Boxelder Black Locust Chestnut Oak Black Maple Tamarack Hawthorne Choke Cherry Musclewood
Species are listed in order by volume, on a state-wide basis. Source: USDA Forest Inventory, 1992 For Michigan-wide species list, click here.

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.