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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.

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