DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The native range of staghorn sumac extends from Cape Breton Island, Nova
Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, southern Quebec, and Maine;
west to southern Ontario, northern Michigan, and northern Minnesota;
south to central Iowa, central Illinois, western Tennessee, and northern
Alabama; and east to northern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina,
Maryland, and New Jersey [25].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch


STATES : 
     AL  CT  DE  GA  IL  IN  IA  KY  ME  MD
     MA  MI  MN  NH  NJ  NY  NC  OH  PA  RI
     SC  TN  VT  VA  WV  WI  NB  NS  ON  PE
     PQ


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  ALPO  ANTI  APIS  BLRI  CACO
     CATO  CUVA  DEWA  EFMO  FIIS  GATE
     GWMP  GRSM  HOBE  INDU  ISRO  JOFL
     MACA  NATR  NERI  OBRI  ROCR  SARA
     SHEN  SLBE  VAFO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods
   K110  Northeastern oak - pine forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    15  Red pine
    16  Aspen
    18  Paper birch
    20  White pine - northern red oak - red maple
    21  Eastern white pine
    22  White pine - hemlock
    23  Eastern hemlock
    24  Hemlock - yellow birch
    25  Sugar maple - beech - yellow birch
    26  Sugar maple - basswood
    27  Sugar maple
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    53  White oak
    55  Northern red oak
    60  Beech - sugar maple
    64  Sassafras - persimmon
    78  Virginia pine - oak
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Staghorn sumac is primarily a species of forest edges and disturbed
sites.  It occurs on the edges of many forest types, and is a frequent
member of early oldfield communities, particularly on dry soils.

Related categories for Species: Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac