DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Maianthemum stellatum | Starry Solomon's Seal 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Starry Solomon's seal occurs widely over much of North America and
Canada.  It ranges from Alaska to California; northern British Columbia to 
the southern Rocky Mountain states of Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona; east to 
the New England states, and south through the Carolinas [1,9].

  


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES22  Western white pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES24  Hemlock - Sitka spruce
   FRES25  Larch
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine
   FRES27  Redwood
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES41  Wet grasslands


STATES : 
     AK  AZ  AR  CA  CO  CT  DE  ID  IL  IN
     IA  KS  KY  ME  MD  MA  MI  MN  MT  NE
     NV  NH  NJ  NM  NY  NC  ND  OH  OK  OR
     PA  RI  SC  SD  TN  TX  UT  VT  VA  WA
     WV  WI  WY  AB  BC  MB  ON  PQ  SK  YT
     MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  AGFO  ARCH  BADL  BIHO  BICA
     BLCA  BRCA  CACH  CANY  CACO  CARE
     CEBR  COLM  CODA  CRLA  CRMO  CUVA
     DEVA  DETO  DINO  EFMO  FIIS  FLFO
     FOBU  GATE  GWMP  GLAC  GLCA  GRCA
     GRTE  GRKO  GRBA  GRSA  INDU  JECA
     LAVO  MACA  MEVE  MORA  MORU  NABR
     NOCA  OLYM  PIRO  PIPE  ROMO  SAJH
     SCBL  SLBE  THRO  TICA  VOYA  WACA
     WICA  WRST  YELL  YUCH  ZION


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   Common in many Kuchler Plant Associations


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   Common in many SAF Cover Types


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Starry Solomon's seal is an indicator species in a wide variety of
habitats.  It generally occurs on moist sites supporting overstories
consisting of cottonwoods and aspens (Populus spp.), oaks (Quercus
spp.), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), lodgepole pine (Pinus
contorta), and spruce (Picea spp.).  Understory associates range from
grass species such as bluegrasses (Poa spp.) and wheatgrasses (Agropyron
spp.) to moist site forbs such as bedstraws (Galium spp.), western
meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale), and false Solomon's seal (Smilacina
racemosa).  Shrub associates generally include willows (Salix spp.),
serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), and Douglas hawthorn (Crataegus
douglasii) [20,25,29,31].

Published classifications listing starry Solomon's seal as an indicator
or dominant species in habitat types (hts) or community types (cts) are
as follows:

Area               Classification          Authority
----               --------------          ---------
CO                 Forest (hts)            Wasser & Hess 1982
e ID, w WY         Riparian (cts)          Youngblood & others 1985
MT                 Forest (hts)            Pfister & others 1977
ND                 Forest (hts)            Severson & Thilenius 1976

Related categories for Species: Maianthemum stellatum | Starry Solomon's Seal