Common Hardwood Trees In Maine

Conservation wildlife and management considerations.
Common hardwood trees in maine. Black green and white aspen poplar. Shrubby tree grows to 20 feet with trunk diameter no more than 4. Most management techniques diverge from the natural gap pattern which is at the scale of single trees or small groups of trees. The only deciduous conifer native to maine tamarack provides the last color yellow of autumn.
The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch beech and cherry. Balsam bigtooth and quaking basswood. The tallest tree in maine is said to be a 135 foot tall red spruce located in blanchard. Atlantic white eastern red and northern white fir.
Betulaceae birch family. Eastern white jack gray. The forests of maine really do harbor giants. It reached 217 years old before succumbing to disease and was felled in 2010.
Flowering hardwood trees all listed below are broad leaved and deciduous. Maine s 14 native conifers. Department of agriculture conservation and forestry 22 state house station 18 elkins lane augusta me 04333 more locations. This is the dominant hardwood type in maine and therefore is extensively harvested and managed.
Black red and white cat maine s 52 native leaf trees.