====== Species Marking Guide for Bottomland Hardwoods ======
^Always Favor          ^ Desirable                    ^Less Desirable            ^ Always Cut       |
|Ash                   |*Willow Oak                   |American Elm (Ordinary)   |Bitter pecan      | 
|Sweetgum              |*Water Oak                    |*Hackberry (Ordinary)     |Winged Elm        |
|Yellow-poplar         |*Nuttall oak                  |Maple                     |Rock Elm          |
|*Cherrybark Oak       |Cottonwood                    |*Sweet Pecan              |Waterlocust       |
|Cypress               |Overcup Oak (2nd growth)      |*Blackgum                 |Box Elder         |
|Forked Leaf White Oak |*Persimmon                    |Overcup Oak (over mature) |Honeylocust       |
|Cow Oak               |Sycamore                      |Birch (best specimens)    |Birch (ordinary)  |
|Shumard Oak           |Tupelo                        |Willow (best Specimens)   |Willow (ordinary) |
|Delta Post Oak        |American Elm (best Specimens) |Hickory (best specimens)  |Hickory (ordinary)|
|*Willow Oak (in spots)|*Hackberry (best specimens)   |Mulberry                  |                  |
|*Water Oak (in spots) |                              |                          |                  |
^*Important game food trees.                                                                     ^^^|
Source: Timber Management guide for Yazoo-Little Tallahatchie Flood Prevention Project, USDA,
Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service, cooperating with Soil Conservation Districts.