Michigan Forest Communities - Michigan Association of ...
Michigan Forest Communities - Michigan Association of ...
Michigan Forest Communities - Michigan Association of ...
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OPEN-CANOPY UPLAND FOREST COMMUNITIES<br />
Signature trees<br />
Two oaks dominate this type, with<br />
few associated species attaining their<br />
stature:<br />
• Black oak<br />
• White oak<br />
Other trees<br />
• Northern pin oak<br />
• Red maple<br />
• Black cherry<br />
• Quaking aspen<br />
• Bigtooth aspen<br />
• Sassafras<br />
• Pignut hickory<br />
• White pine<br />
• Eastern red cedar<br />
• Jack pine (very local)<br />
Associated plants<br />
The small tree and shrub layer may<br />
be almost totally absent in some places<br />
or dense and thicket-like in others:<br />
• Serviceberries<br />
• Choke cherry<br />
• Wild plum<br />
• Hawthorns<br />
• Pasture rose<br />
• Shining sumac<br />
• American hazelnut<br />
• Beaked hazelnut<br />
• Dwarf chestnut oak<br />
• Low sweet blueberry<br />
• Sweetfern<br />
• Sand cherry<br />
• Prairie willow<br />
• Bearberry<br />
• Huckleberry<br />
• New Jersey tea<br />
• Common juniper<br />
In these dry prairie habitats, the<br />
herb layer is pr<strong>of</strong>use and distinctive,<br />
with grasses always an important component:<br />
• Northern dewberry<br />
• Birdfoot violet<br />
• Sky-blue aster<br />
• Tall sunflower<br />
• Dwarf dandelion<br />
Choke cherry<br />
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