White pines were scattered in low numbers throughout the hardwood forests. The original forests of the outwash were oak-pine forests containing red pine, white pine, red oak, white oak, black oak, red maple, and bigtooth aspen. Windthrows are common on moraines, but were generally small. Fires also occurred, but these were also small. The present forests are oak dominated on outwash plains and beech-sugar maple dominated on moraines.
Land is managed primarily for timber.
Hardwoods were logged later. None identified to date. Manistee National Forest, Pere Marquette State Forest, Haymarsh Lake State Game Area, Houghton Lake Wildlife Research Area. As a result of major changes in forest composition after logging, there are few Forest Service Research Natural Areas in this sub-subsection. The extensive hardwood-dominated forests are probably important for song bird migration and successful nesting.