Water Tolerant Trees

  • 16 Aug 2024 4:55 PM
    Message # 13394782

    White ash dominated my vernal ponds but were killed by the ash borer. I'm trying to regrow trees other than silver maple and have found swamp white oak, american sycamore and bur oak can tolerate the annual spring flooding. Has anyone had luck with other species? We're in the Port Rowan area so we can grow Carolinian trees.

  • 21 Aug 2024 8:33 AM
    Reply # 13396260 on 13394782

    Hi Luke,

    I looked into this question over the winter for a black ash project in the Kawarthas.

    There is quite a bit of research happening on the south side of the great lakes. Some examples from research are listed at the end of this message.

    Below is potential replacement species list.

    Of course you need to match the replacement species with the site conditions and silvics of the replacement species (soil, shade tolerance etc.)

    Elm species

    American Basswood

    Bitternut Hickory

    Black Willow

    Musclewood

    Eastern Cottonwood

    Black Walnut

    Hackberry.

    You can also consider shrubs such as spicebush, buttonbush, bladdernut, elderberry or white meadowsweet

    Elliott

    Iverson et al (2015) https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/49775

    This paper from Minnesota identifies replacement species within the context of EAB and climate change. 

    see attached Table from this study

    Palik et al. (2021) https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/62033

    This more recent study from Minnesota analyzes survival rate after 8 years of replacement species. Note the research site does have a high water table, which is discussed as a potential factor in lower survival especially in the clearcut treatments.

    see attached Figure 3 from this study

    University of Minnesota Extension note

    https://extension.umn.edu/forest-pests-and-diseases/replacement-trees-ash#wet-forests-1804161


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