PX Michigan

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

MICHIGAN SCOTCH PINE FOREST TYPE

Tree Species Found in Scotch Pine Stands Michigan's 10th Most Diverse Forest Type in Terms of Tree Species and the Least Common in Terms of Acres
5 Most Common Trees	Other Tree Associates
Scotch Pine Red Pine Black Cherry White Pine Balm-of-Gilead 78% of all type volume	Quaking Aspen Sugar Maple Norway Spruce White Spruce Basswood Jack Pine Northern Red Oak Red Maple Sassafras	Blue Spruce Black Willow White Ash Douglas-fir White Oak Balsam Fir Northern Pin Oak Bigtooth Aspen American Elm	Ironwood Paper Birch Boxelder Black Oak Eastern Cottonwood Yellow Birch Black Walnut Apple
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.