I' m no expert, just a casual observer....

My property is almost entirely spruce, fir, WP, RP, and JP. My soils are primarily a sand loam, and have ph levels of 4.7 to 5.2. Although all will grow near water, none are living in water. The spruce and fir tend to be in the lower areas-but not wet, with the JP and RP on the higher/dryer/sandier areas, with WP being more addaptable to either the high or low areas, with the lower areas offering a little slower growth though. Some of my JP, and even RP, although requiring a pretty dry soil are growing on 1-2' very small ridges surrounded by sometimes fairly wet soil. When a beaver damned the area, flooding about 20 acres, we lost some trees that appeared to be over 20 years old. The higher ones made it, the lower ones didn' t. The beaver didn' t make it either.

Some of the JP and WP will have over 2' of growth a year.

Jeff...U.P. of Michigan