SFR 107 - forest types

Pinus palustris - Pinus elliottii

Longleaf - Slash Pine

well drained, adjacent to water

Pinus taeda - Pinus echinata 

Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine

poorly drained fields

Pinus serotina 

Pond pine

poorly drained, peaty

Pinus virginiana - Quercus spp.

Virginia pine - oak

upland droughty fields

Platanus occidentalis - Liquidambar styraciflua - Ulmus americana

Sycamore - sweetgum - American elm

poorly drained flood plains

Taxodium distichum

Bald cypress

prolonged flooding

Liquidambar styraciflua - Liriodendron tulipifera

Sweetgum - yellow poplar 

well drained flood plains

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Interior douglas fir

moderate climate, elevations

Pinus monticola

Western white pine

: north idaho, NW Montana

Populus spp.

Aspen:

sprouts after fires

Pinus contorta

Lodgepole pine:

seeds in after fires 

Picea engelmannii - Abies lasiocarpa

Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir: 

high elevation

Tsuga heterophylla - Picea sitchensis

Western hemlock - Sitka spruce:

fog belts

Pseudotsuga menziesii 

Pacific douglas fir:

one of the most productive forests

Sequoia sempervirens 

Redwood:

tallest trees

Pinus ponderosa 

Interior ponderosa pine:

first forests above deserts

Prunus pensylvanica 

Pin cherry:

variable site moisture (not wet),  and establishes from seed after fire

Picea mariana (Sub A)

Black spruce (Subtype A):

variable site moisture (not wet),  and establishes from seed after fire

Betula papyrifera

Paper birch:

variable site moisture (not wet), and establishes from seed after fire 

Picea glauca

White pine:

Well drained, typically along edges of rivers, islands, or in old fields

Picea mariana - Larix laricina

Black spruce - tamarack:

bogs

Populus tremuloides – Populus grandidentata

Aspen:

well drained, not dry, primarily sprouts after fires

Pinus banksiana

Jack pine:

dry. Nutrient poor sites, establishes after fire 

Abies balsamea

Balsam fir:

moist to wet, stable forest 

Pinus strobus - Tsuga canadensis 

White pine - Hemlocks:  

well drained, loamy/sandy, old fields

Pinus strobus - Quercus rubra - Acer rubrum

White pine - northern red oak - red maple:

well drained, loamy/sandy, old fields

Picea rubens - Abies balsamea 

Red spruce - Abies balsamea:

poorly drained, high or low elevation

Picea rubens - Acer saccharum - Fagus grandifolia 

Red spruce - sugar maple - beech:

well drained, mid elevations

Fraxinus nigra - Ulmus americana, Acer rubrum

Black ash, American elm, red maple:

flood plains

Thuja occidentalis

Northern  white cedar:  

swamps

Pinus rigida

Pitch pine:

sandy, excessively drained soils, fire

Acer saccharum - Fagus grandifolia - Betula alleghaniensis 

Sugar maple - Beech - yellow birch:

well drained, mid elevations