DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Flowering dogwood grows from central Florida northward to southwestern
Maine [32,65,87] and extends westward through southern Ontario to
central Michigan, central Illinois, Missouri, southeastern Kansas,
eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas [57,65].  The variety urbiniana (or
subspecies) is found in the mountains of Nuevo Leon and Veracruz in
eastern Mexico [27,65,79].  The form xanthocarpa occurs in parts of New
York [79].


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


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CT  DE  FL  GA  IN  IL  KS  KY
     LA  ME  MD  MA  MI  MS  MO  NH  NJ  NY
     NC  OH  OK  PA  RI  SC  TN  TX  VT  WV
     ON  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ALPO  ANTI  ASIS  BISO  BITH  BLRI
     BUFF  CAHA  CALO  CATO  CHCH  COLO
     COSW  CUGA  DEWA  FOCA  FODO  GATE
     GWMP  GRSM  HOBE  HOSP  INDU  MACA
     MANA  MORR  NATR  NERI  OBRI  OZAR
     PRWI  RICH  ROCR  SHEN  SHIL  VAFO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K083  Cedar glade
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     1  Jack pine
    23  Eastern hemlock
    44  Chestnut oak
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    53  White oak
    60  Beech - sugar maple
    70  Longleaf pine
    75  Shortleaf pine
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Flowering dogwood commonly grows as a scattered understory species in
many eastern deciduous or coniferous forests.  It has been identified as
and important understory dominant or codominant in several eastern
hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and white oak (Quercus alba) communities.
Spotted wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) has been listed as a
codominant.  Flowering dogwood is included as an indicator or dominant
in the following community types (cts) classifications:

Area                    Classification                Authority

SC                      general veg. cts              Jones 1990

Shen. Nat'l. Park, VA   general veg. cts              Hall & Kuss 1989

Related categories for Species: Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood