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 Paper Birch |
| Northern Hardwoods |
SMBEYB Beech Yellow Birch Sugar Maple |
| Southern Hardwoods |
Red Maple 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 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.