Species Combinations


Species or Species Combination Species that May Be Included in Combination Grading Rules Agencies
Alaska Cedar WCLIB
Alaska Hemlock WWPA
Alaska Spruce Alaska Sitka Spruce
Alaska White Spruce
WWPA
Alaska Yellow Cedar WCLIB, WWPA
Aspen Big Tooth Aspen
Quaking Aspen
NELMA, NSLB, WWPA
Baldcypress SPIB
Balsam Fir NELMA, NSLB
Beech-Birch -Hickory American Beech
Bitternut Hickory
Mockernut Hickory
Nutmeg Hickory
Pecan Hickory
Pignut Hickory
Shagbark Hickory
Sheelbark Hickory
Sweet Birch
Water Hickory
Yellow Birch
NELMA
Coast Sitka Spruce NLGA
Coast Species Amabalis Fir
Coast Sitka Spruce
Douglas Fir
Western Henlock
Western Larch
NLGA
Cottonwood NSLB
Douglas Fir-Larch Douglas Fir
Western Larch
WCLIB, WWPA
Douglas Fir-Larch (North) Douglas Fir
Western Larch
NLGA
Douglas Fir-South WWPA
Eastern Hemlock NELMA, NSLB
Eastern Hemlock-Balsam Fir Balsam Fir
Eastern Hemlock
Tamarack
NELMA
Eastern Hemlock-Tamarack Eastern Hemlock
Tamarack
NELMA, NSLB
Eastern Hemlock-Tamarack (North) Eastern Hemlock
Tamarack
NLGA
Eastern Softwood Balsam Fir
Black Spruce
Eastern Hemlock
Eastern White Pine
Jack Pine
Norway(Red)Pine
Pitch Pine
Red Spruce
Tamarack
White Spruce
NELMA, NSLB
Eastern Spruce Black Spruce
Red Spruce
White Spruce
NELMA, NSLB
Eastern White Pine NELMA, NSLB
Eastern White Pine(North) NLGA
Hem-Fir California Red Fir
Grand Fir
Noble Fir
Pacific Silver Fir
Western Hemlock
White Fir
WCLIB, WWPA
Hem-Fir(North) Amabalis Fir
Western Hemlock
NLGA
Mixed Maple Black Maple
Red Maple
Silver Maple
Sugar Maple
NELMA
Mixed Oak All Oak Species graded under NELMA rules NELMA
Mixed Southern Pine Any species in the southern pine species combination,
plus either or both of the following:
Pond Pine
Virginia Pine
SPIB
Mountain Hemlock WWPA, WCLIB
Northern Pine Jack Pine
Norway(Red)Pine
Pitch Pine
NELMA, NSLB
Northern Red Oak Black Oak
Northern Red Oak
Pin Oak
Scarlet Oak
NELMA
Northern Species Any Species graded under NLGA rules except
Red Alser
White Birch
Norway Spruce
NLGA
Northern White Cedar NELMA
Ponderosa Pine NLGA
Red Maple NELMA
Red Oak Black Oak
Cherrybark Oak
Laurel Oak
Northern Red Oak
Pin Oak
Scralet Oak
Southern Red Oak
Water Oak
Willow Oak
NELMA
Red Pine NLGA
Redwood WWPA/RIS
Sitka Spruce WWPA, WCLIB
Southern Pine Loblolly Pine
Longleaf Pine
Shortleaf Pine
Slash Pine
SPIB
Spruce-Pine-Fir Alpine Fir
Balsam Fir
Black Spruce
Engleman Spruce
Jack Pine
Lodgepole Pine
Red Spruce
White Spruce
NLGA
Spruce-Pine-Fir(South) Balsam Fir
Black Spruce
Engleman Spruce
Jack Pine
Lodgepole Pine
Norway(Red) Pine
Red Spruce
Sitka Spruce
White Spruce
NELMA,NSLB,WCLIB,WWPA
Western Cedars Alaska Cedar
Incense Cedar
Port Orford Cedar
Western Red Cedar
WCLIB, WWPA
Western Hemlock WWPA, WCLIB
Western Hemlock(North) NLGA
Western White Pine NLGA
Western Woods Any species in the Douglas Fir-Larch, DouglasFir(South),
Hem-Fir,and Spruce-Pine-Fir(South)species combinations,
plus any or all of the following:
Alpine Fir
Idaho White Pine
Mountain Hemlock
Ponderosa Pine
Sugar Pine
WCLIB, WWPA
White Oak Bur Oak
Chestnut Oak
Live Oak
Overcup Oak
Post Oak
Swamp Chestnut Oak
Swamp White Oak
White Oak
NELMA
Yellow Poplar NSLB
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