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Table 4 

 FTI Numbers of Species Commonly OccurrinE in Bottomland Forests 



Scientific 



Name 



Nyssa aquatica 

 Salix nigra 

 Fraxinus caroliniana 

 Taxodium distichwn 

 Planera aquatica 

 Acer drummondii 

 Forestiera acuminata 

 Gleditsia aquatica 

 Carya aquatica 

 Quercus lyrata 

 Quercus laurifolia 

 Betula nigra 

 Acer rub rum 

 Ilex decidua 

 Fraxinus pennsylvanica 

 Ulmus americana 

 Quercus nuttallii 

 Quercus phellos 

 Acer negundo 

 Celtis laevigata 

 Carpinus caroliniana 



Common 



Name 



Trees 

 Water tupelo 

 Black willow 

 Pop -ash 

 Bald cypress 

 Water elm 

 Drummond red maple 

 Swamp privet 

 Water locust 

 Water hickory 

 Over cup oak 

 Laurel oak 

 River birch 

 Red maple 

 Possumhaw holly 

 Green ash 

 American elm 

 Nuttall's oak 

 Willow oak 

 Box elder 

 Sugarberry 

 American hornbeam 



FTI 

 Number 



2.62 

 2.83 

 2.87 

 2.97 

 3.12 

 3.48 

 3.48 

 3.50 

 3.54 

 3.73 

 3.89 

 4.01 

 4.21 

 4.35 

 4.44 

 4.46 

 4.50 

 4.81 

 4.83 

 4.84 

 4.84 



