DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Betula populifolia | Gray Birch 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The range of gray birch extends west from Nova Scotia to southern
Ontario, and south to New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.  Disjunct
populations occur in northern Ohio, Virginia, and western North Carolina
[6,9,22,33].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - Birch


STATES : 
     CT  DE  IN  ME  MD  MA  NH  NJ  NY  NC
     OH  PA  RI  VT  VA  NB  NF  NS  ON  PE
     PQ


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  CACO  CUVA  DEWA  EFMO  FIIS
     GATE  INDU  MORR  SARA  SHEN


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K096  Northeastern spruce - fir forest
   K101  Elm - ash forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods
   K108  Northern hardwoods - spruce forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     5  Balsam fir
    19  Gray birch - red maple
    21  Eastern white pine
    22  White pine - hemlock
    25  Sugar maple - beech - yellow birch
    32  Red spruce
    33  Red spruce - balsam fir
    35  Paper birch - red spruce - balsam fir
    39  Black ash - American elm - red maple
    45  Pitch pine
    46  Eastern redcedar
    97  Atlantic white-cedar


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Gray birch is listed as a common associate of the aspen-birch (Populus
spp.-Betula spp.) and the beech-birch-maple (Fagus spp.-Betula spp.-Acer
spp.) communities in the northeastern hardwood forest, but it is not an
indicator of any particular habitat type [21].

Related categories for Species: Betula populifolia | Gray Birch