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Populus deltoides

most common tree in parie

seeds are tiny on white puffs of hair

Salix nigra

prairie

only willow in NA that makes a large tree

has to have water

cricket bats

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

prairie

replaces cottonwood on clay soils

samaras liek canoe paddles

Celtis occidentalis

prairie

Northern plains

sweet drupes

Celtis laevigata

Prairie

Southern Plains 80ft

restricted to bottom lands

Quercus Stellata

prairie

southern plains

cross leaves

can get chestnit blight

Ulmus americana

prairie

great shade tree

wet sites

ded

Ulmus rubra

prairie

inner bark has pectin

extract of bark soothes sore thoat

Acer negundo

prairie

44/48 lower states

bad form

shelterbelt

weed

Maculara pomifera

prairie

Ar, Ok, Tx og range nto in southeast

shelterbelt

large fruit

Quercus macrocarpa

prairie

deep roots

huge acorns

thick bark

Juniperus virginiana

prairie

limestone soils

pioneer

heartwood has oil that repels moths

berries

Pinus edulis

pinyon pine

IMF

only in CO, UT, NM, AZ

major source of pine nuts

poor form

Junuperus Scopulorum

Rocky Mountian juniper

IMF

realted to eastern redcedar

encroachment into sagebrush /grasslands impacting grouse populations

Pinus Poderosa var. scopulorum

Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine

IMF

fire adapted , thick bark

park-like stands

top commercial tree of IMF

Pseudotsuge menzesii var. glauca

rocky mountain fir

IMF

drought and cold tolerant so planted as ornamental

Abies concolor var. concolor

White fir

IMF

drought tolerant → ornamental

long curving needles → erect cones

Picea engelmannii

engelmann spruce

IMF

valley’s 150ft

hard to harvest but good wood

Abies lasiocarpa

rocky mountain fir

IMF

forms narrow, spire-like crown in valley

timberline forms mats

Pinus aristata/ longaeva

Britlecone pine

IMF

oldest organism in the world

sterile soils

grow slow

smae needles for 40 years

Pinus contorta var. latifolia

lodgepole pine

IMF

dog-hair stands

2-needdles

Populus termulodides

quaking aspen

IMF

largest range of any North American aspen

may be the worlds largest organism

upland sites

Picea pungens

blue spruce

IMF

riparian zones

most popular orniamental conifer

sharp

Pinus flexilis

IMF

flexible limbs

seeds are food for Clark’s nutcrackers

Pinus albicaulis

whitebark pine

IMF

rocky soils

serotinous seed cones with wingless seeds

clark’s nutcracker

larix occidentalis

western larch

IE

largest larch of NA

deciduous conifer

natural ranges defines boarders of IE

Pinus monticola

western white pine

IE

foudned the IE forestry industry

white pine blister rust bad

now resistant

wipes out in the 1800’s

High elevation speies of IM

abies lasiocarpa

Picea engelmannii

tsuga mertensiana

Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

coastal dough fir

PNWF

furnishes more timber than any single speices in US

historically taller than redwood

Thuja plicata

western redcedar

PNWF

#1 tree for sliding and shingles

mesic sites

can live over 1000 years

valuable heartwood

Tsug aheterophylla

western hemlock

PNWF

the most productive stands per acre

construciton lunber

Alnus rubra

PNWF

nitrogen fixer → improve doug fir

pinoeer species

most importnat commercal hardwood in PNWF

Acer macrophyllum

bigleaf maple

PNWF

largest maple leaf

starting to make syrup

Populus trichocarpa

black cottonwood

PNWF

largest poplar in the US

2nd most importnat comemrical hardwood

Abies grandis

grand fir

PNWF

“stinking fir”

weed

Picea sitchensis

sitka spruce

PNWF

largest spruce in the world

30 miles of coast

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Port Orford

PNWF

most damaged by humans

small range -. coast in S. OR and N CA

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

alaska yellow cedar

PNWF

sea level to timberline

US exports raw logs to japan

bright yellow wood

Sequoia sempervirens

cosatl redwood

PNWF

40 miles of coast

daily coastal fogs

tallest tree in the world

protected

Taxus brevifolia

pacific yew

PNWF

conifer but seeds not in cones

taxol → cancer help

Betula papyrifera

paper birch

Boreal

waterproof

paper bark

Pinus banksiana

jack pine

Boreal

2-needle

lake states

serotinous cone s

kirtland’s warbler nest under

Populus balsamea

balsamea poplar

boreal

balsamea smell

riparian

Picea glauca

white spruce

boreal

“cat spruce”

stank smell

glassline paper

Larix laricina

eastern larch

boreal

bog pioneer

faster growth than pther boreal

PA is southern limit of natural range

Picea mariana

black spruce

Boreal

s far south as a PA

important commercial species in canada

grows very slow on bogs

Picea rubens

red spruce

Boreal

canada - great smpkeys

largest of eastern spruce

Abies balsamea

balsamea fir

Boreal

top x-ms tree

as far south as west virginia

last of bog invaders

Abies fraseri

fraser fir

Boreal

south app in VA, NC and TN hightest elevation

cadillac of x-,as tree

Phytophtora cinnamomi in soil kills trees

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