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 Climate Change Tree Atlas (A Spatial Database of 134 Tree Species of the Eastern USA)
 Anantha M Prasad, Louis R Iverson, Steve Matthews, Matt Peters
 NRS-4151, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Delaware, Ohio
Model Reliability: Green/High Reliability High Yellow/Medium Reliability Medium Low
Table of 134 Tree Species:
(Click Table-Header-Link to Sort by that Column - Ascending/Descending)
Reliability Spp. # Common Name Scientific Name
2 Medium Model Reliability 951 American basswood Tilia americana
3 High Model Reliability 531 American beech Fagus grandifolia
2 Medium Model Reliability 421 American chestnut Castanea dentata
2 Medium Model Reliability 972 American elm Ulmus americana
3 High Model Reliability 591 American holly Ilex opaca
2 Medium Model Reliability 391 American hornbeam:musclewood Carpinus caroliniana
2 Medium Model Reliability 935 American mountain-ash Sorbus americana
1 Low Model Reliability 43 Atlantic white-cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides
1 Low Model Reliability 808 Durand oak Quercus durandii
2 Medium Model Reliability 356 Serviceberry Amelanchier spp.
2 Medium Model Reliability 311 Florida maple Acer barbatum
1 Low Model Reliability 571 Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus
1 Low Model Reliability 828 Nuttall oak Quercus nuttallii
2 Medium Model Reliability 692 Ogechee tupelo Nyssa ogeche
1 Low Model Reliability 331 Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra
1 Low Model Reliability 834 Shumard oak Quercus shumardii
2 Medium Model Reliability 123 Table Mountain pine Pinus pungens
3 High Model Reliability 132 Virginia pine Pinus virginiana
2 Medium Model Reliability 221 baldcypress Taxodium distichum
3 High Model Reliability 12 balsam fir Abies balsamea
3 High Model Reliability 741 balsam poplar Populus balsamifera
1 Low Model Reliability 816 bear oak:scrub oak Quercus ilicifolia
1 Low Model Reliability 654 bigleaf magnolia Magnolia macrophylla
3 High Model Reliability 743 bigtooth aspen Populus grandidentata
1 Low Model Reliability 402 bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis
3 High Model Reliability 543 black ash Fraxinus nigra
3 High Model Reliability 762 black cherry Prunus serotina
3 High Model Reliability 408 black hickory Carya texana
1 Low Model Reliability 901 black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
1 Low Model Reliability 314 black maple Acer nigrum
3 High Model Reliability 837 black oak Quercus velutina
3 High Model Reliability 95 black spruce Picea mariana
2 Medium Model Reliability 602 black walnut Juglans nigra
1 Low Model Reliability 922 black willow Salix nigra
3 High Model Reliability 693 blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
2 Medium Model Reliability 824 blackjack oak Quercus marilandica
1 Low Model Reliability 546 blue ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
2 Medium Model Reliability 313 boxelder Acer negundo
2 Medium Model Reliability 823 bur oak Quercus macrocarpa
1 Low Model Reliability 601 butternut Juglans cinerea
1 Low Model Reliability 973 cedar elm Ulmus crassifolia
2 Medium Model Reliability 813 cherrybark oak Quercus falcata var.pagodifolia
3 High Model Reliability 832 chestnut oak Quercus prinus
2 Medium Model Reliability 826 chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii
1 Low Model Reliability 381 chittamwood:gum bumelia Bumelia lanuginosa
1 Low Model Reliability 763 chokecherry Prunus virginiana
2 Medium Model Reliability 521 common persimmon Diospyros virginiana
3 High Model Reliability 651 cucumbertree Magnolia acuminata
2 Medium Model Reliability 842 bluejack oak Quercus incana
1 Low Model Reliability 742 eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides
3 High Model Reliability 261 eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 701 eastern hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana
2 Medium Model Reliability 471 eastern redbud Cercis canadensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 68 eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana
3 High Model Reliability 129 eastern white pine Pinus strobus
3 High Model Reliability 491 flowering dogwood Cornus florida
2 Medium Model Reliability 379 gray birch Betula populifolia
2 Medium Model Reliability 544 green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
2 Medium Model Reliability 462 hackberry Celtis occidentalis
1 Low Model Reliability 552 honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos
3 High Model Reliability 105 jack pine Pinus banksiana
3 High Model Reliability 820 laurel oak Quercus laurifolia
2 Medium Model Reliability 838 live oak Quercus virginiana
3 High Model Reliability 131 loblolly pine Pinus taeda
2 Medium Model Reliability 555 loblolly-bay Gordonia lasianthus
3 High Model Reliability 121 longleaf pine Pinus palustris
3 High Model Reliability 409 mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa
3 High Model Reliability 319 mountain maple Acer spicatum
1 Low Model Reliability 452 northern catalpa Catalpa speciosa
2 Medium Model Reliability 809 northern pin oak Quercus ellipsoidalis
3 High Model Reliability 833 northern red oak Quercus rubra
3 High Model Reliability 241 northern white-cedar Thuja occidentalis
2 Medium Model Reliability 641 osage-orange Maclura pomifera
2 Medium Model Reliability 822 overcup oak Quercus lyrata
3 High Model Reliability 375 paper birch Betula papyrifera
1 Low Model Reliability 367 pawpaw Asimina triloba
1 Low Model Reliability 921 peachleaf willow Salix amygdaloides
1 Low Model Reliability 404 pecan Carya illinoensis
3 High Model Reliability 403 pignut hickory Carya glabra
2 Medium Model Reliability 761 pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica
2 Medium Model Reliability 830 pin oak Quercus palustris
3 High Model Reliability 126 pitch pine Pinus rigida
3 High Model Reliability 128 pond pine Pinus serotina
3 High Model Reliability 222 pondcypress Taxodium distichum var. nutans
3 High Model Reliability 835 post oak Quercus stellata
3 High Model Reliability 746 quaking aspen Populus tremuloides
3 High Model Reliability 316 red maple Acer rubrum
1 Low Model Reliability 682 red mulberry Morus rubra
2 Medium Model Reliability 125 red pine Pinus resinosa
3 High Model Reliability 97 red spruce Picea rubens
3 High Model Reliability 721 redbay Persea borbonia
1 Low Model Reliability 373 river birch Betula nigra
1 Low Model Reliability 977 rock elm Ulmus thomasii
2 Medium Model Reliability 107 sand pine Pinus clausa
3 High Model Reliability 931 sassafras Sassafras albidum
3 High Model Reliability 806 scarlet oak Quercus coccinea
2 Medium Model Reliability 407 shagbark hickory Carya ovata
1 Low Model Reliability 405 shellbark hickory Carya laciniosa
2 Medium Model Reliability 817 shingle oak Quercus imbricaria
3 High Model Reliability 110 shortleaf pine Pinus echinata
2 Medium Model Reliability 317 silver maple Acer saccharinum
2 Medium Model Reliability 580 silverbell Halesia spp.
3 High Model Reliability 111 slash pine Pinus elliottii
2 Medium Model Reliability 975 slippery elm Ulmus rubra
3 High Model Reliability 711 sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum
2 Medium Model Reliability 652 southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
3 High Model Reliability 812 southern red oak Quercus falcata var.falcata
2 Medium Model Reliability 115 spruce pine Pinus glabra
3 High Model Reliability 315 striped maple Acer pensylvanicum
3 High Model Reliability 318 sugar maple Acer saccharum
2 Medium Model Reliability 461 sugarberry Celtis laevigata
2 Medium Model Reliability 825 swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii
3 High Model Reliability 694 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora
1 Low Model Reliability 804 swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
3 High Model Reliability 372 sweet birch Betula lenta
3 High Model Reliability 653 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana
3 High Model Reliability 611 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
2 Medium Model Reliability 731 sycamore Platanus occidentallis
3 High Model Reliability 71 tamarack (native) Larix laricina
3 High Model Reliability 819 turkey oak Quercus laevis
2 Medium Model Reliability 401 water hickory Carya aquatica
3 High Model Reliability 827 water oak Quercus nigra
2 Medium Model Reliability 691 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica
1 Low Model Reliability 722 water-elm Planera aquatica
1 Low Model Reliability 551 waterlocust Gleditsia aquatica
3 High Model Reliability 541 white ash Fraxinus americana
3 High Model Reliability 802 white oak Quercus alba
2 Medium Model Reliability 94 white spruce Picea glauca
1 Low Model Reliability 766 wild plum Prunus americana
2 Medium Model Reliability 831 willow oak Quercus phellos
3 High Model Reliability 971 winged elm Ulmus alata
3 High Model Reliability 371 yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 332 yellow buckeye Aesculus octandra
3 High Model Reliability 621 yellow-poplar Liriodendron tuliperfia
134 Species Combined/Compared
          

            

              

Regional Analysis: Northeast


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