DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Vaccinium arboreum | Tree Sparkleberry 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Tree sparkleberry grows from central Florida westward to central
Oklahoma, southeastern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and the Edwards
Plateau of Texas [6,22,38].  It extends northward to southern Illinois,
southern Indiana, and Virginia [22,49].  Tree sparkleberry is rare and
local in Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, and Indiana [45].  Uttal [44] has
reported that it occurs in parts of Mexico and the West Indies.  The
variety glaucescens grows from Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma, northward
to Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois [48].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory


STATES : 
     AL  AR  FL  GA  IL  IN  KS  KY  LA  MS
     MO  NC  OK  SC  TN  TX  VA  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BISO  BITH  BUFF  CAHA  COSW  CUIS
     FOCA  GRSM  GUIS  HOBE  HOSP  MACA
     NATR  OBRI  OZAR  SHIL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K074  Bluestem prairie
   K082  Mosaic of K074 and K100
   K084  Cross Timbers
   K090  Live oak - sea oats
   K091  Cypress savanna
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest
   K115  Sand pine scrub
   K116  Subtropical pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    23  Eastern hemlock
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    51  White pine - chestnut oak
    53  White oak
    69  Sand pine
    70  Longleaf pine
    71  Longleaf pine - scrub oak
    73  Southern redcedar
    75  Shortleaf pine
    76  Shortleaf pine - oak
    78  Virginia pine - oak
    79  Virginia pine
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
    85  Slash pine - hardwood
    89  Live oak
    91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
    92  Sweetgum - willow oak
    93  Sugarberry - American elm - green ash
   104  Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay
   111  South Florida slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Tree sparkleberry is listed as an indicator in the following community
type classification.  Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) and hickory
(Carya spp.) codominate these often infertile sites.

Area              Classification                Authority

e OK, n AR        southern pine cts             Silker 1971

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium arboreum | Tree Sparkleberry