Trees | Dirt to Trees to Wildlife

Trees: Silviculture – by Brendan Prusik, Forester

Twenty-one vegetation types are included in the Dirt to Trees to Wildlife tool. Of the 21, three are non-forest types including Speckled Alder, Palustrine (associated with wetlands) and Upland (associated with non-wetland soils). Again, we will refer to all 21 types as “forest types” for ease of conversation. The complete list follows:

Aspen/Birch	Aspen
Aspen/Birch	Paper Birch
Northern Hardwoods	SMBEYB
	Beech
	Yellow Birch
	Sugar Maple
Southern Hardwoods	Red Maple
Southern Hardwoods	Silver Maple
Spruce-Fir	Balsam Fir
	Spruce-Fir
	Red Spruce
	Balsam Fir (High)
	Red Spruce (high)
	Spruce-Fir (High)
Hemlock	Hemlock
Oak-Pine	Northern Red Oak
	Pine-Oak-Maple
	Eastern White Pine
Speckled Alder	Speckled Alder
Non-Forest	Palustrine
Non-Forest	Upland

Basic recommendations are included for each forest type. These recommendations provide silvicultural strategies to maximize diversity of breeding habitats appropriate for that forest type. If a land manager wants to focus on strategies to enhance select species, links to strategies for managing each Species of Greatest Conservation Need are included.