Northern Hardwood Forest Characteristics

Thousands of acres of northern hardwood conifer forests grow on well drained fertile slopes of hillsides in new hampshire typically between 1 500 and 2 500 feet in elevation here sugar maple american beech and yellow birch are the dominant tree species mixed with red maple white ash and patches of hemlock at lower elevations and red spruce and balsam fir at higher elevations.

Northern hardwood forest characteristics. In planning these practices there are many factors to. Spruce northern hardwoods forests also have 25 conifers in the canopy. To date 79 plots of this group have been sampled in 18 counties fig. From forest to mill to you.

Northern hardwood swamp is a seasonally inundated deciduous swamp forest community dominated by black ash fraxinus nigra that occurs on neutral to slightly acidic hydric mineral soils and shallow muck over mineral soils located north of the climatic tension zone northern hardwood swamp is found primarily in depressions on level to hummocky glacial lakeplains fine and medium. Typical tree species include sugar maple basswood beech hemlock a conifer yellow birch american elm ironwood white pine a conifer and red maple. Northern hardwoods kiln specialists. Excellence is hardwired into our people and processes.

Northern hardwoods northern hardwoods is a general term that refers to an association of broadleaf trees that occur in various combinations throughout the eastern and northern united states. Conservation wildlife and management considerations. Northern hardwood forest types can be managed as even or uneven aged stands using a variety of silvicultural practices. Specialists on our team have decades of experience in.

Produce higher quality lumber. The northern hardwood forest is the common forest type below 2 500 feet in vermont s green mountains. Yellow birch sugar maple american beech eastern hemlock and white pine dominate shading hobblebush several species of ferns shining clubmoss and many species of fungi. Northern hardwood forests have been well sampled in virginia especially in the mount rogers whitetop area of the southern blue ridge and on allegheny mountain in highland county.

1 although some of the classified units are better supported by plot data than others. The northern hardwood forest is a general type of north american forest ecosystem found over much of southeastern and south central canada ontario and quebec extending south into the united states in northern new england new york and pennsylvania and west along the great lakes to minnesota and western ontario some ecologists consider it a transitional forest because it contains species. Exceeding nhla grading standards. Before and after drying.

We manage our forests. This is the dominant hardwood type in maine and therefore is extensively harvested and managed. Northern hardwood swamps can be differentiated from floodplain forests by their occurrence around lakes basins in till plains or headwater streams rather than along major rivers and their prevalence of species that prefer saturated rather than seasonally inundated soils.