Resistance of Species to Hurricane Damage

(In decreasing order of Resistance)

Breakage	Uprooting	Salt	Deterioration by insects and disease
Live Oak	Live Oak	Live Oak	Live Oak
Palm	Palm	Palm	Palm
Bald Cypress	Bald Cypress	Slash Pine	Sweetgum
Pond Cypress	Pond Cypress	Longleaf Pine	Water Oak
Sweetgum	Tupelo gum	Pond Cypress	Sycamore
Tupelo Gum	Red Cedar	Loblolly Pine	Bald Cypress
Mimosa	Sweetgum	Red Cedar	Pond Cypress
Dogwood	Sycamore	Tupelo Gum	Southern Red Oak
Magnolia	Longleaf Pine	Bald Cypress	Magnolia
Sweet Bay	Mimosa	Sweetgum	Tupelo gum
Southern Red Oak	Southern Red Oak	Water Oak	Sweet Bay
Water Oak	Magnolia	Sycamore	Hickory
Sycamore	Slash Pine	Sweet Bay	Pecan
Longleaf Pine	Loblolly Pine	Southern Red Oak	Red Cedar
Slash Pine	Sweet Bay	Hickory	Red Maple
Loblolly Pine	Water Oak	Mimosa	Mimosa
Red Cedar	Red Maple	Pecan	Dogwood
Hickory	Dogwood	Magnolia	Longleaf Pine
Red Maple	Hickory	Red Maple	Slash Pine
Pecan	Pecan	Dogwood	Loblolly Pine

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