Table 19-2. Forest Types of the Characterization Area c 



Forest type 



Descr ipt ion 



Spruce-F ir 



Forests in which balsam iir or 

 spruce (black, red, white), 

 singly or in combination, irake up 

 a plurality of the stockinq. 

 h orthern white-cedar swair. ds are 

 also included. Common associates 

 include tamarack, red maple, 

 white birch, and eastern hemlock. 



Maple-Be ech-Birch 



lorests in which sucjar maple, 

 American beech and yellow birch, 

 singly or in combination, are the 

 major components. Associated are 

 various admixtures of basswood, 

 red maple, northern red oak, 

 white ash, eastern white fine, 

 balsam fir, black cherry, paper 

 birch, gray birch, American elm, 

 slippery elm, eastern 

 hophornbeam, red spruce, and 

 white spruce. 



White Pi tie -Hemlock-Ha rd wood 



Forests in which eastern white 

 fine and eastern hemlock are 

 predominant. The hardwood 

 associates are numerous but none 

 ere particularly characteristic. 

 The principal ones are American 

 beech, sugar maple, basswood, red 

 maple, yellow birch, paper birch, 

 white ash, and northern red oak. 



a Adapted from Ferguson and Kingsley 

 conform to Barrett 1962. 



1972 and modified to 



19-5 



10-80 



