Shade tolerances

Eastern white pine

Intermediate

Red oak

Intermediate

Yellow birch

Intermediate

Serviceberry

Intermediate

Austrian pine

Intermediate

Bur oak

Intermediate

Pitch pine

Intermediate

Lodgepole pine

Intermediate

White oak

Intermediate

Silver maple

Intermediate

White ash

Intermediate

Red ash

Intermediate

Black ash

Intermediate

White elm

Intermediate

Black cherry

Intermediate

Western larch

Intermediate

Douglas-fir

Intermediate

White spruce

Intermediate

Mountain maple

Intermediate

Sitka spruce

Intermediate

Black walnut

Intolerant

Jack pine

Intolerant

Ponderosa pine

Intolerant

Butternut

Intolerant

Scots pine

Intolerant

Red pine

Intolerant

Tamarack

Intolerant

White birch

Intolerant

Mountain paper birch

Intolerant

Gray birch

Intolerant

Blueleaf birch

Intolerant

Trembling aspen

Intolerant

Largetooth aspen

Intolerant

Balsam poplar

Intolerant

Eastern cottonwood

Intolerant

Pin cherry

Intolerant

Choke cherry

Intolerant

Manitoba maple

Intolerant

Black cottonwood

Intolerant

Western white pine

Tolerant

Sugar maple

Tolerant

Norway spruce

Tolerant

Western red cedar

Tolerant

Yellow cedar

Tolerant

Grand fir

Tolerant

Norway maple

Tolerant

Eastern white cedar

Tolerant

Balsam fir

Tolerant

Red spruce

Tolerant

Black spruce

Tolerant

Eastern hemlock

Tolerant

Striped maple

Tolerant

American beech

Tolerant

Basswood

Tolerant

Ironwood

Tolerant

Subalpine fir

Tolerant

Amabilis fir

Tolerant

Engelmann spruce

Tolerant

Red maple

Tolerant

Western hemlock

Tolerant