Species Ratio Net growth Removals Live tree volume
on forest land
  million cubic feet  
Northern white-cedar 28.0 22.5 0.8 1,367.5
White spruce 6.0 15.6 2.6 489.6
Green ash 5.4 15.4 2.8 569.8
Eastern white pine 4.8 18.6 3.9 703.2
Bur oak 4.5 20.4 4.6 1,203.9
Black ash 3.5 18.9 5.5 1,097.6
Sugar maple 2.5 11.5 4.6 743.4
Red pine 2.3 44.2 19.1 1,335.8
Red maple 2.1 16.4 7.6 659.8
Northern red oak 2.1 19.0 8.9 917.1
Balsam fir 2.1 25.1 12.1 807.0
American basswood 1.7 13.8 8.0 1,039.8
Quaking aspen 1.2 129.6 104.7 3,705.6
Black spruce 1.1 12.2 11.1 963.4
Tamarack 0.4 2.6 6.4 726.9
Jack pine 0.1 0.9 7.5 403.3
Paper birch -0.1 -0.8 15.5 1,064.9
Table 2.—Ratio of average annual net growth to average annual removals of live trees on forest land for the 17 most abundant species in Minnesota, 2018