Recognized Common Xiune 



Ash, ^\'hite 

 Aspen, bigtooth 



Aspen, quaking 

 Basswood, American 

 Beech, American 

 Birch, paper 

 Birch, s^\•eet 

 Birch, yellow 

 Boxelder 

 Buckeye, Ohio 

 Butternut 

 Cherry, black 

 Chestnut, American 



CofEeetree, Kentucky 



Cottonwood, eastern 

 Elm, American 

 Elm, rock 

 Elm, slippery 

 Fir, balsam 

 Hackberry 

 Hemlock, eastern 



Hickory 

 Honeylocust 

 Hophornbeam, eastern 



(ironwood) 

 Locust, black 

 Maple, red 

 Maple, silver 

 Maple, sugar 



Mulberry, red 



Oak, black 



Oak, bur 



Oak, northern pin (jack) 



Oak, northern red 



Oak, scarlet 



Oak, swamp white 



Oak, white 



Pine, eastern white 



Pine, jack 



Pine, red (Norway pine) 



Poplar, balsam (balm-of- 



Gilead) 

 Spruce, black 



Botnnicnl .\nnie 

 F. nmericana L. 

 Populus grandidentata 



Michx. 

 P. tremuloides Michx. 

 Tilia americana L. 

 Fagiis grandifolia Ehrh. 

 Betula papyrifera Marsh. 

 B. lenta L. 

 R. hitea Michx. f. 

 Acer negundo L. 

 Aesculus glabra Willd. 

 Jiiglans cinerea L. 

 Primus serotina Ehih. 

 Ca.stanea dentata 



(Marsh.) Borkh. 

 Gymnocladits dioicus 



(L.) K. Koch 

 Populus dehoides Bartr. 

 Ulnius americana L. 

 U. thomasi Sarg. 

 U. fulva Michx. 

 Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. 

 Celtis occidentalis L. 

 Tsuga canadensis (L.) 



Carr. 

 Carya spp. 



Gleditsia triacantJws L. 

 Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) 



K. Koch 

 Robinia pseudoacacia L. 

 Acer rubrum L. 

 A. saccharinum L. 

 A. saccharum Marsh. 



[syn. A. saccharophor- 



um K. Koch] 

 Morus rubra L. 

 Quercus velutina Lam. 

 Q_. ynacrocarpa Michx. 

 q. eUipsoidalis E. J. Hill 

 Q- borealis Michx. [. 

 (^. coccinea Muenchh. 

 Q. bicoJor Willd. 

 (5. alba L. 

 Pinus strobus L. 

 P. banksiana Land). 

 P. resin osa .\\\. 

 Populus lucdiiKitiacn 



Mill. 

 Picea 711 a nan a (Mill.) 



B. S. P. 



RecQcrnized Common Xame 



Spruce, ^vhite 

 Sycamore, American 

 Tamarack 



Tupelo, black (black- 

 gum) 

 Walnut, black 

 "White-cedar, northern 

 Willow 

 Yellow-poplar 



Botanical Name 

 P. glauca (Moench) Voss 

 Platanus occidentalis L. 

 Larix laricina (Du Roi) 



K. Koch 

 Nyssa sylvatica Maifsh. 



Jugla7}s ?iigra L. 

 Thuja occidentalis L. 

 Salix spp. 



Liriodendron tuUpifera 

 L. 



Noncommercial Hardxvoods not Included in the 

 Timber Estimates 



Alder 



Cherry, pin 

 Dogwood, fio^vering 

 Hawthorn 

 Hornbeam, American 



(blue beech) 

 Maple, mountain 

 Maple, striped 

 Mountain-ash, American 

 Papaw 



Plum. .American 



Redbud, eastern 

 Sassafras 



\Villo\\' (shrub species) 

 Witch-hazel 



Alnus spp. 



Primus pensylvanica L. f. 

 Cornus florida L. 

 Crataegus spp. 

 Carpinus caroliniana 



Walt. 

 Acer spicatum Lam. 

 A. pensylvanicum L. 

 Sorbus americana Marsh. 

 Asimina triloba (L.) 



Dunal 

 Prunus americana 



Marsh. 

 Cercis canadensis L. 

 Sassaf7-as albidum (Nutt.) 



Nees 

 Salix spp. 

 Hamamelis virsiniana L. 



Table 33.— Approximate acreage of original forest in the Lake 

 States region. h\ forest t\pc 



Forest type 



Region 

 total 



Minnesota 



Wisconsin 



Michigan 



White ami red pine 



Million 

 acres 



\ 24.0 



14.0 

 13.0 

 24.0 

 13.0 

 9.0 

 6.7 



Million 

 acres 



6.0 



6.3 

 6.0 

 4 

 3.0 

 3.2 

 5.7 



Million 

 acres 



S.O 



3.2 

 3.S 

 11.0 

 S.O 

 2.8 

 .5 



Million 

 acres 



10.0 





4.5 



Coniferous swamp 



3 5 



Northern hardwood * 



Oak-hickory... 



9.0 

 5.0 



Bottom-land hardwood 



3 



Scruh..._ 



.5 



All forest 



103.7 



34.2 



34.0 



35.=; 







' Original norihern liardwood forest contained a great deal of white pine 

 and hemlock. 



5f) 



Forest Resource Report No. 1, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



