Common Hardwood Trees In Maine

Maine s 14 native conifers.

Common hardwood trees in maine.

Atlantic white eastern red and northern white fir. It reached 217 years old before succumbing to disease and was felled in 2010. Balsam bigtooth and quaking basswood. The forests of maine really do harbor giants.

Unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species. Conservation wildlife and management considerations. Department of agriculture conservation and forestry 22 state house station 18 elkins lane augusta me 04333 more locations. Black green and white aspen poplar.

The only deciduous conifer native to maine tamarack provides the last color yellow of autumn. Shrubby tree grows to 20 feet with trunk diameter no more than 4. The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch beech and cherry. Most management techniques diverge from the natural gap pattern which is at the scale of single trees or small groups of trees.

Betulaceae birch family. Most common hardwoods. The tallest tree in maine is said to be a 135 foot tall red spruce located in blanchard. Eastern white jack gray.

One of the most famous trees herbie was the largest american elm tree in new england.