DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
New Jersey tea has a wide distribution and ranges from Quebec to Florida;
west to Texas; and north to Minnesota [23,27,29].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CT  DE  FL  GA  IL  IN  IA  KS
     KY  LA  ME  MA  MI  MN  MS  MO  NE  NH
     NJ  NY  NC  OH  OK  PA  RI  SC  TN  TX
     VT  VA  WV  WI  MB  ON  PQ


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BISO  BITH  BLRI  BUFF  CATO  CHCH
     CUGA  CUVA  DEWA  EFMO  FOCA  GWMP
     GRSM  GUIS  HOBE  HOSP  INDU  MACA
     MANA  NATR  NERI  OBRI  OZAR  RICH
     ROCR  SHEN  SLBE


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K074  Bluestem prairie
   K075  Nebraska Sandhills prairie
   K081  Oak savanna
   K082  Mosaic of K074 and K100
   K093  Great Lakes spruce - fir forest
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K096  Northeastern spruce - fir forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods
   K107  Northern hardwoods - fir forest
   K108  Northern hardwoods - spruce forest
   K109  Transition between K104 and K106
   K110  Northeastern oak - pine forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     1  Jack pine
     5  Balsam fir
    12  Black spruce
    14  Northern pin oak
    15  Red pine
    17  Pin cherry
    20  White pine - northern red oak - red maple
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    42  Bur oak
    43  Bear oak
    44  Chestnut oak
    50  Black locust
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    55  Northern red oak
    59  Yellow-poplar - white oak - northern red oak
    72  Southern scrub oak
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
   108  Red maple
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
New Jersey tea is a major understory dominant in the jack pine/scrub oak
(Pinus banksiana/Quercus spp.) forests in northern Wisconsin [19].  It
is also dominant in mesic areas of mixed-grass prairies of the Midwest
[18].  Understory associates of New Jesey tea include wintergreen
(Gaultheria procumbens), hazelnut (Corylus cornuta), mockernut hickory
(Carya tomentosa), serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.), low sweet blueberry
(Vacciniuim angustifolium), Canada blueberry (V.  canadense), bracken
fern (Pteridium aquilinum), Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana),
striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum), northern bedstraw (Galium boreale),
raspberry (Rubus spp.), and rose (Rosa spp.)  [19,24,26].

Related categories for Species: Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea