Name

Longevity

(years)

Sexual Maturity

(years)

Shade Tolerance

(1 to 5)^a

Fire Tolerance

(1 to 5)^a

Vegetative Probability

Post-Fire Regeneration

Fraser fir

300

20

5

1

0

none

Red maple

150

10

4

4

0.995

resprout

Sugar maple

400

40

5

2

0.7

resprout

Yellow buckeye

200

40

4

2

0.3

resprout

Mimosa^b

120

10

3

2

0.6

resprout

Yellow birch

300

40

4

2

0.3

resprout

Sweet birch

250

40

2

3

0.3

resprout

Pignut hickory

300

30

3

2

0.7

resprout

Mockernut hickory

300

25

2

2

0.8

resprout

Flowering dogwood

120

15

4

4

0.995

resprout

American beech

400

40

4

1

0.2

resprout

White ash

300

20

4

1

0.5

resprout

Mountain silverbell

100

30

4

2

0.6

resprout

Mountain laurel^c

50

10

4

4

0.995

resprout

Yellow poplar

400

20

3

4

0.995

resprout

Cucumber-tree

200

30

3

3

0.995

resprout

Mountain magnolia

100

30

3

2

0.995

resprout

Blackgum

200

30

4

3

0.995

resprout

Sourwood

200

30

4

3

0.995

resprout

Red spruce

400

35

5

2

0

none

Shortleaf pine

300

20

2

5

0.99

resprout

Table mountain pine

250

20

3

5

0

serotiny

Pitch pine

300

10

3

5

0.99

resprout

Eastern white pine

400

20

4

5

0

none

Virginia pine

160

20

2

4

0

none

American sycamore

300

20

3

2

0.7

resprout

Black cherry

250

15

2

1

0.7

resprout

White oak

400

30

4

5

0.995

resprout

Scarlet oak

300

30

3

5

0.995

resprout

Chestnut oak

350

30

4

5

0.995

resprout

Northern red oak

300

30

4

5

0.995

resprout

Black oak

300

25

3

3

0.99

resprout

Great laurel^c

50

10

5

1

0.95

resprout

Black locust

160

10

1

1

0.95

resprout

American basswood

250

15

4

2

0.7

resprout

Eastern hemlock

450

30

5

1

0

none