Picea mariana
In Minnesota, snowshoe hares use jack pine ("P. banksiana") uplands, edges, tamarack ("Larix laricina") bogs, black spruce ("Picea mariana") bogs, and sedge ("Carex" spp.), alder, and scrub fens. In New England, snowshoe hares favor second-growth aspen ("Populus" spp.)-birch ("Betula" spp.) near conifers, but other forest types occupied by snowshoe hares include aspens, paper birch ("B. papyrifera"), northern hardwoods, red maple ("A. rubrum"), balsam fir ("Abies balsamea"), red