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Table 1 Historical (1799 to 1846) and current (2009 to 2013) forest composition (% of all trees) in Indiana. Subtotals provide current percentages for species within a genus

From: Trajectory from beech and oak forests to eastern broadleaf forests in Indiana, USA

Species

Scientific name

Historical %

Current %

Subtotal %

Oaks (upland)

 

27

13.19

 

 White oak

Quercus alba

  

4.95

 Chestnut oak

Quercus prinus

  

1.30

 Black oak

Quercus velutina

  

3.36

 Northern red oak

Quercus rubra

  

2.41

 Chinkapin oak

Quercus muehlenbergii

  

1.17

American beech

Fagus grandifolia

25

2.44

 

Hickories (upland)

 

7

7.57

 

 Shagbark hickory

Carya ovata

  

3.11

 Pignut hickory

Carya glabra

  

2.87

 Bitternut hickory

Carya cordiformis

  

1.59

Sugar maple

Acer saccharum

7

13.23

 

Ashes

 

4

5.12

 

 White ash

Fraxinus americana

  

4.98

 Blue ash

Fraxinus quadrangulata

  

0.15

Black walnut

Juglans nigra

3

3.42

 

Yellow-poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

3

7.16

 

Eastern hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

3

0.38

 

Elms

 

3

4.49

 

 American elm

Ulmus americana

  

3.21

 Slippery elm

Ulmus rubra

  

1.27

American hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

1

0.16

 

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

1

1.99

 

Flowering dogwood

Cornus florida

1

0.33

 

Bur oak

Quercus macrocarpa

1

0.14

 

American basswood

Tilia americana

1

0.86

 

Boxelder

Acer negundo

0.5

1.19

 

Red maple

Acer rubrum

0.5

5.69

 

Silver maple

Acer saccharinum

0.5

1.69

 

Green ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

0.5

1.78

 

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

0.5

1.40

 

Blackgum

Nyssa sylvatica

0.5

1.53

 

American sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

0.5

1.56

 

Black cherry

Prunus serotina

0.5

5.38

 

Pin oak

Quercus palustris

0.5

1.08

 

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

0.5

4.07

 

Eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

0

3.49

 

Eastern white pine

Pinus strobus

0

1.02

 

Total

 

92

90.35