Red Maple Hardwood Swamp

In wisconsin they are mostly restricted to the central sand plains ecological landscape.

Red maple hardwood swamp. Forest service recognizes it as the most abundant native tree in eastern north america. Also called swamp maple carolina red maple and scarlet maple red maple acer rubrum grows best in u s. Red swamp or scarlet maple acer rubrum zone 4 9 red maple is a handsome native tree growing from 50 up to 100 developing a round head of leaves with silver under color. Hardwood conifer swamp is a minerotrophic forested wetland dominated by a mixture of lowland hardwoods and conifers occurring on organic i e peat and poorly drained mineral soils throughout michigan.

Conifers are absent or local. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 or 4 through 9 making it a versatile. Red maple tree acer rubrum the red maple also known as swamp water or soft maple is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern and central north america. Southern hardwood swamp is a minerotrophic forested wetland occurring in southern lower michigan on mineral or occasionally organic soils dominated by a mixture of lowland hardwoods.

Blackgum sweetgum and swamp white oak if present are only minor associates. The community occurs on a variety of landforms often associated with headwater streams and areas of groundwater discharge. Holland red maple swamp features a northern hardwood swamp and a northern wet mesic forest located within the holland wildlife area. Red maple green ash and silver maple account for over half the volume.

The hardwood swamp is dominated by red maple green ash and black ash with occasional swamp white oak and tamarack while white cedar dominates the wet mesic forest. A swamp dominated by red maple and hardwoods such as ash elm and birch with little or no peat development. Growth is often slow because of site limitations. White pine red maple swamps are forested wetlands characterized by moderately acidic soils and canopy dominated by white pine over a subcanopy of red maple.

Black ash northern whitecedar quaking aspen balsam poplar american elm balsam fir and cotton wood each make up 2 to 4 percent of the volume.