Hardwood Forestry Fund
Preferred Species List (developed June 2003)

The Hardwood Forestry Fund provides grants for planting high quality hardwoods on suitable sites in the US and internationally. This list includes suggested hardwood species that are known for their commercial value. Natural resource professionals are encouraged to request funding for hardwood species that are best suited to their selective sites using this list as a guide. Preferred hardwoods are indicated with a “1.” Acceptable hardwoods given specific sites are indicated with a “2.” Preference is given to projects that plant northern red oak, white oak, maple, cherry, and walnut.

Alder	Alnus rubra – Red alder	2
Ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica – Green ash Fraxinus americana – White ash Fraxinus nigra – Black ash Fraxinus latifolia - Oregon ash	2 1 1   2
Aspen	Populus tremuliodes – Quaking aspen	2
Basswood	Tilia americana – American basswood Tilia heterophylla - white basswood	1 1
Birch	Betula alleghaniensis – Yellow birch Betula lenta – black birch Betula papyrifera – paper birch	1 2 1
Cherry	Prunus serotina – Black cherry	1
Chestnut	Castanea dentata (hybrids)- American chestnut	1
Elm	Ulmus rubra – red or slippery elm	1
Hickory	Carya ovata – shagbark hickory Carya tomentosa – mockernut hickory Carya glabra – Pignut hickory	2 2 2
Mahogany	Tropical Environment Swietenia macrophylla – Bigleaf mahogany Khaya ivorensis – African mahogany Khaya anthotheca – African mahogany	1 1 1
Madrone	Western US Arbutus sp. – madrone	1
Maple	East Acer saccharum – Sugar maple Acer rubrum – Red maple	1 2
Also sugar and red maple with genetic qualities/tendencies toward birds-eye, figure or quilted characteristics.
	West Acer macrophyllum – Bigleaf maple	1
Oak	North/East Quercus rubra – Northern red oak Quercus shumardii – Shumard oak Quercus alba – White oak Quercus prinus – Chestnut oak (dry sites) Quercus velutina – black oak (poor sites) South Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia – Cherrybark oak Quercus falcata – Southern red oak Quercus coccinea – Scarlet oak Quercus nuttallii – Nuttall oak Quercus virginiana – Live oak Quercus michauxii – Swamp chestnut oak Quercus muehlenbergii – Chinkapin oak	1 2 1 2 2     1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Pecan	Carya illinoensis – pecan	1
Sweetgum	Liquidambar styraciflua	2
Teak	Tropical Environment Pterocarpus angolensis – African teak	1
Walnut Family	East Juglans nigra – Black walnut Juglans cinera – Butternut West Juglans hindsii – (used as stock for English walnut cultivation)	1 1   2
Yellow –poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera – yellow-poplar, tuliptree	1
The Hardwood Forestry Fund encourages (where suitable) planting of conifers that serve as a nurse crop in quality hardwood forest establishment. Funding can be requested for purchase and planting of nurse crop.