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Commercial tree species of New York

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Commercial tree species

Softwoods
Common Name	Abbreviation	Occurrence
Balsam Fir	BF	Common
Black Spruce	BS	Rare
Eastern Hemlock	HE	Common
Eastern Red Cedar	RC	Rare
Eastern White Pine	WP	Common
Jack Pine	JP	Rare
Larch (Tamarack)	LA	Rare
Northern White Cedar	WC	Common
Norway Spruce	NS	Common
Pitch Pine	PP	Rare
Red Pine	RP	Common
Red Spruce	RS	Common
Scotch Pine	SP	Common
White Spruce	WS	Rare

Hardwoods
Common Name	Abbreviation	Occurrence
American Basswood	BA	Common
American Beech	BE	Common
American Elm	EL	Rare
American Sycamore	SY	Rare
Bigtooth Aspen	AS	Common
Black Birch	BB	Common
Black Cherry	BC	Common
Black Locust	BL	Common
Black Oak	BO	Rare
Black Walnut	BW	Rare
Butternut	BU	Rare
Chestnut Oak	CO	Common
Cucumbertree	CU	Rare
Eastern Cottonwood	CW	Rare
Hickory	HI	Common
Northern Red Oak	RO	Common
Paper Birch	PB	Common
Pin Oak	PO	Rare
Trembling (Quaking) Aspen	TA	Common
Red Maple	RM	Common
Scarlet Oak	SO	Rare
Silver Maple	SM	Rare
Hard (Sugar) Maple	HM	Common
Tulip (Yellow) Poplar	TP	Rare
White Ash	WA	Common
White Oak	WO	Common
Yellow Birch	YB	Common

Non-Commercial tree species

Common name
Alder	Dogwood	Mountain Ash	Shadbush
Blue Beech	Gray Birch	Mountain Maple	Striped Maple
Boxelder	Hawthorn	Pin Cherry	Willow
Chokecherry	Hophornbeam	Sassafras	Witchhazel

Updated: February 16, 2023