DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Fragrant sumac occurs from Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas eastward to the
Atlantic coast [3], and from Florida to Quebec and British Columbia in
the north [4,8].  It is common along the eastern edge of the Great
Plains [1]. 

                               


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES31  Shinnery
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CO  FL  GA  IL  IN  IA  KS  KY
     LA  MD  MA  MI  MN  MS  MO  NE  NM  NY
     NC  ND  OH  OK  PA  SD  TN  TX  VT  VA
     WV  ON  PQ


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     WICA  ZION


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K011  Western ponderosa pine
   K017  Black Hills pine forest
   K071  Shinnery


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   220  Rocky Mountain juniper
   237  Interior ponderosa pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Fragrant sumac has been described as dominant in a number of plant
communities.  It isw codominant with mountain muhly (Muhlenbergia
montana) in a Colorado habitat type.  Fragrant sumac also occurs as a
codominant with true mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) in
mountain shrub communities in the Black Hills of South Dakota [20].
Fragrant sumac is included as a dominant or indicator in the following
publications:

Habitat types on selected parts of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre National
  Forests [12]
A classifation of the Cercocarpus montanus, Quercus macrocarpa, Populus
  deltoides, & Picea glauca habitat types of the lLack Hills NF [20]
           
Species commonly associated with fragrant sumac include red threeawn
(Aristida longiseta), blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), cheatgrass
(Bromus tectorum), Arizonia fescue (Festuca arizonica), eastern redcedar
(Juniperus virginiana), bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata),
blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica), and chinkapin oak (Quercus
muehlenbergii) (12,15,22].

Related categories for Species: Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac