Silvics of North America, a forest inventory compiled and published by the United States Forest Service in 1991, includes many hardwood trees. It superseded Silvics of Forest Trees of the United States (1965), which was the first such formal scholarly inventory. A variety of statistics on all of these trees are maintained by the National Plant Data Team of the US Department of Agriculture. Hardwood has a variety of commercial uses, including in furniture, carpentry, tools and musical instruments. Some timber is milled for plywood, wood veneer and construction framing, including structural support beams and studs. Logs can be fashioned into posts and poles. Less sturdy timber is often ground and processed into pulpwood, principally for papermaking. Resins from sap yield wood tar, turpentine or other terpenes. Much of the economic value of trees comes from orchards and ornamental uses.
Key Fire tolerance is a relative measure of a plant's ability to survive smaller fires or to resprout or reseed after larger fires. Shade tolerance is a relative measure of a plant's ability to do well in reduced sunlight. POWO: Plants of the World Online
States west of the Mississippi River: AK Alaska, AR Arkansas, AZ Arizona, CA California, CO Colorado, HI Hawaii, IA Iowa, ID Idaho, KS Kansas, LA Louisiana, MN Minnesota, MO Missouri, MT Montana, ND North Dakota, NE Nebraska, NM New Mexico, NV Nevada, OK Oklahoma, OR Oregon, SD South Dakota, TX Texas, UT Utah, WA Washington, WY Wyoming These can be divided into:
The Western states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY The South Central states: AR, LA, OK, TX The Midwestern states west of the Mississippi (including MN, which is mostly west or north of the river), also called the western Midwest: IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD States east of the Mississippi: AL Alabama, CT Connecticut, DE Delaware, FL Florida, GA Georgia, IL Illinois, IN Indiana, KY Kentucky, MA Massachusetts, MD Maryland, ME Maine, MI Michigan, MS Mississippi, NC North Carolina, NH New Hampshire, NJ New Jersey, NY New York, OH Ohio, PA Pennsylvania, RI Rhode Island, TN Tennessee, VA Virginia, VT Vermont, WI Wisconsin, WV West Virginia These can be divided into:
New England: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT The Mid-Atlantic: DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV The Southeast: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN The Midwestern states east of the Mississippi, also called the eastern Midwest: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
Hardwoods
See also List of inventoried conifers in Canada List of inventoried conifers in the United States
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