DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Melanthium latifolium | Slender Bunchflower 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Slender bunchflower occurs in the Appalachian Mountains from
southwestern Connecticut and southeastern New York south to northern
Georgia [1].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch


STATES : 
     CT  DE  GA  MD  NJ  NY  NC  PA  SC  TN
     VA  WV


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BLRI  DEWA  GRSM  SHEN


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    44  Chestnut oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Slender bunchflower occurs in the eastern deciduous forest biome [1].

At a Shenandoah National Park site dominated by oak (Quercus spp.) and
hickory (Carya spp.), herbaceous associates of slender bunchflower
included white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima), flypoison (Amianthium
muscitoxicum), white wood aster (Aster divaricatus), bigleaf aster (A.
macrophyllus), wild yam (Dioscorea villosa), Allegheny hawkweed
(Hieracium paniculatum), widowsfrill (Silene stellata), Atlantic
goldenrod (Solidago arguta), mountain decumbent goldenrod (S. caesia
var. curtisii), hairy goldenrod (S. hispida), and meadow zizia (Zizia
aptera).  Some slender bunchflower stalks emerged from a dense cover of
eastern hayscented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) [1].

Slender bunchflower is found at lower elevations than Appalachian
bunchflower (Melanthium parviflorum) where populations overlap [1].

Related categories for Species: Melanthium latifolium | Slender Bunchflower