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grows well in the region and would, of course, be the best tree 

 to plant were it not for the chestnut bark disease. European 

 larch can also be planted where not subject to the saw fly. 



The Lake States Region. — This region occupies the greater 

 part of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Magnificent 

 stands of white pine formerly grew in this region, and also of 

 Norway pine and jack pine. On the better class of soils many 

 hardwoods are found like sugar maple, yellow birch, white 

 ash, red oak, burr oak, basswood, poplar and paper birch. 

 Hemlock occurs mixed with other species, and there is also 

 some American larch and northern white cedar. There is a 

 very large amount of cut-over and burned land in the region 

 in need of reforestation. Probably only about lo per cent of 

 the whole region is under cultivation. Owing to the high value 

 of stumpage the planting of fast-growing trees is a commercial 

 proposition. It will be an important forest region in the future, 

 as it has been in the past. The trees native to the region 

 should be planted on the soils where they grow naturally; 

 white pine will grow w^ell on the better class of sandy soils, 

 Norway pine on the drier soils and jack pine on the poorest 

 and driest of the sandy soils. Scotch pine seems to thrive 

 on most of these sites. The better class of hardwoods of the 

 region should be used on the hardwood soils for restocking 

 and improving the present stands in the farm woodlots. Black 

 locust, honey locust and coffeetree can also be planted for 

 fence posts. Catalpa has been used to some extent, but the 

 region is too far north for this species, the severe winters 

 killing back the new wood. 



Tho Central Hardwood Region. — This region extends from 

 central New York State and western Pennsylvania south to 

 northern Alabama and west to Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska 

 and Missouri. It has in general a level topography, but with 

 many steep slopes and deep ravines. It is typically a hardwood 

 forest region, the forest being made up of a great number 

 of broadleaf trees mixed in together. Red cedar is the only 



