SYLVICULTURE. 



Spruce. 



Balsam. 



Soft Maple. 



Birch. 



White Pine (intermediate). 



Black Cherry. 



Black and ^Yllite Ash. 



Bird Cherry. 



Cottonwood. 



Tamarack. 



The trees above White Pine Pinchot calls " tolerant " and those 

 below White Pine " intolerant of shade." 



ill. The leading species of the United States, classed according 

 to light or shade-demanding qualities are: 



a. Eastern Conifers: 



Long Tjcaf Pine — distinctly intolerant of shade. 



Echinata — light demander. 



Taeda — intermediate. 



Virginiana — intermediate. 



Rigida — not so much as ^arginiana. 



Bald Cypress-— light demander. 



Chamaecyparis spheroidea — shade bearer. 



Spruce — fair shade bearer. 



Balsam — intense shade bearer. ■ 



Hemlock — intense shade bearer. 



Tamarack — light demander. 



Arbor vitae — shade bearer. 



^^Tiite Pine — intermediate. 



Jack Pine — light demanding towards intermediate. 



Norway Pine — light demander. 



b. Eastern hardwoods: 

 Beech — shade bearer. 

 Hard ]\Iaple — shade bearer. 

 Silver Maple — shade bearer. 

 Red Maple — shade bearer. 

 Black Gum — shade bearer. 

 Sourwood — light demander. 

 Locust— light demander. 

 Yellow Poplar — light demander. 

 Chestnut — intermediate. 



Oaks — light demanders (^^'hite and Red Oak stand lots of shade 

 when young). 



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