The park is part of the climax area of sugarbush to yellow birch. Broad-winged hawks show a preference for nesting in yellow birch in New York. Forest cover includes red cedar, white pine, red pine, and yellow birch. The most severe temperate forest dieback was on white birch and yellow birch trees. A small grove of yellow birch grows just south of the entrance gate. Old growth sugar maple, hemlock and yellow birch forests are common in Algonquin Park. Higher altitude slopes and ridgetops house sugar maple, beech, and yellow birch trees. There is a stand of yellow birch at the extreme southwestern limit of this range. There are also yellow birch and sugar maple to the east. They include sugar maple, yellow birch ("Betula alleghaniensis"), and beech. It may also be associated with big-toothed aspen, yellow birch, "Betula populifolia", and maples. Yellow birch, mountain ash, and mountain maple grow in the understory. The area features yellow birch, red maple, blue beech, and skunk cabbage. Hardwood forests also include yellow birch, sugar and red maple, eastern hemlock, and black cherry.