Service Forester's Handbook

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====== Value & Tolerance to Saturated Soil of Bottomland Hardwoods ======
^Very Intolerant  ^Intolerant          ^ Intermediate    ^Tolerant           ^Very Tolerant         |
^ Highest Value                                                                                 ^^^^|
|Cherrybark Oak   |American Syacamore  |Sweetgum         |Green Ash          |Bald Cypress          |
|Shumard Oak      |Swamp Chestnut Oak  |Cottonwood       |Pumpkin Ash        |                      |
|White Ash        |                    |                 |                   |                      |
|White Oak        |                    |                 |                   |                      |
|Delta Post Oak   |                    |                 |                   |                      |
|Black Oak        |                    |                 |                   |                      |
|Northern Red Oak |                    |                 |                   |                      |
|Black Walnut     |                    |                 |                   |                      |
|Yellow-poplar    |                    |                 |                   |                      |
^Intermediate Value                                                                             ^^^^|
|Southern Red Oak |                    |Water Oak        |Bur Oak            |Pond Cypress          |
|                 |                    |Silver Maple     |Laurel Oak         |Swamp Tupelo          |
|                 |                    |Nuttall Oak      |                   |Water Tupelo          |
|                 |                    |Pecan            |                   |                      |
|                 |                    |Hackberry        |                   |                      |
|                 |                    |Sugarberry       |                   |                      |
^Low Value                                                                                      ^^^^|
|                 |Winged Elm          |Cedar Elm        |Red Maple          |Black Willow          |
|                 |Hicory Spp.         |American Elm     |Willow Oak         |Swamp cottonwood      |
|                 |Red Mulberry        |Pin Oak          |Waterlocust        |                      |
|                 |Blackgum            |Honeylocust      |Overcup Oak        |                      |
|                 |                    |River Birch      |Water Hickory      |                      |
|                 |                    |Persimmon        |                   |                      |
^Weed Species                                                                                   ^^^^|
|Sassafrass       |Boxelder            |                 |Privet             |Buttonbush            |
|Hawthorn         |American Hornbeam   |                 |Possumhaw          |Planertree            |
|                 |American hophornbeam|                 |                   |Loblolly-bay          |
|                 |                    |                 |                   |Redbay                |
Source: Adapted from Briscoe, 1957; Green, 1947; Silker, 1948; Yeager, 1949; Hall and Smith, 1955; 
Demarce, 1932; McDermott, 1954a; and Hasner, 1959. Regional Silviculture of the United States.
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