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from Michigan State University Extension

MICHIGAN SWAMP HARDWOOD FOREST TYPE

Tree Species Found in Swamp Hardwood Stands
Michigan's 3rd Most Diverse Forest Type in Terms of Tree Species
and 4th Most Common in Terms of Acres

10 Most Common Trees

Other Tree Associates

Red Maple
Silver Maple
Black Ash
Green Ash
Northern White Cedar
Quaking Aspen
American Elm
Eastern Cottonwood
White Ash
Balsam Fir
Paper Birch

76% of all type volume

Black Willow
Yellow Birch
Basswood
Balm-of-Gilead
Hemlock
Black Cherry
Sugar Maple
White Pine
Northern Red Oak
White Oak
White Spruce
Bigtooth Aspen
Swamp White Oak
Sycamore
Boxelder

Black Spruce
Tamarack
Slippery Elm
Bur Oak
Yellow Poplar
Red Pine
Black Oak
Beech
Hawthorne
Blackgum
Shagbark Hickory
Black Locust
Pin Oak
Butternut
Hackberry
Apple
Scotch Pine
Bitternut Hickory
Black Walnut
Northern Pin Oak
Sassafras
Rock Elm
Jack Pine
Chestnut Oak
Peachleaf Willow
Pin Cherry
Siberian Elm
Ironwood
Musclewood
Black Maple
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.