Acer macrophyllum
Before commercial logging, the forests of the lower Pysht River watershed featured large-diameter stands of Sitka spruce ("Picea sitchensis"), Douglas-fir ("Pseudotsuga menziesii"), western hemlock ("Tsuga heterophylla"), and western red cedar ("Thuja plicata"). Deciduous trees such as red alder ("Alnus rubra") and big-leaf maple ("Acer macrophyllum") were present to a lesser degree. Today nearly the entire basin is industrial forest and subject to repeated logging. Most trees are less than thirty years old.