| Boreal | Location - N of Tension Line
Soil - Sand, Loamy Sand, Sandy Loam
Main Trees - Balsam Fir, White Spruce, N White Cedar, Paper birch, quaking aspen
Other Factors - None |
| Dry Northern Forest | N of Tension Line
Sands with coarse textured, excessively well-drained, extremely acid, low organic
Jack pine, red pine, N. Pin Oak, low sweet blueberry, bracken fern, pennsylvania sedge
Other factors - Fire dependent (serotinous cones) |
| Dry Mesic Northern Forest | N of Tension Line
Course and medium textured sandy/sand loam with strongly/extremely acidic
White Pine, Red Pine, Eastern Hemlock, Oaks, Bracken Fern
Infrequent catastrophic and frequent surface fires |
| Mesic Northern Forest | N of Tension Line
Sand/sandy loam with medium to extremely acidic
American Beech, Sugar Maple, Eastern Hemlock, Yellow Birch, White Ash, Basswood
Frequent small scale wind disturbances |
| Mesic Southern Forest | Loam slightly acidic to moderately alkaline
American Beech, Sugar Maple, Bitternut Hickory, White Ash, Tulip Tree, spring Ephemerals
Frequent small scale wind disturbances |
| Dry Mesic Southern Forest | Sandy loam/loam slightly acidic to neutral pH
Black, red, and white oaks, hickories (pignut and bitternut), red maple, witch hazel
Frequent low intensity fire and insect outbreaks |
| Dry Southern Forest | Infertile well-drained sand and extremely acidic
Black and white oak, Red maple, pignut hickory, serviceberry, black cherry
Fire dependent and insects |
