DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Pignut hickory grows from eastern Maine westward to southern Michigan,
Illinois, and southeastern Iowa [17].  It extends southward to eastern
Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and eastward to central Florida [17,54].
It is common but not abundant throughout much of eastern North America
[51].  Pignut hickory reaches greatest abundance in the Ohio River Basin
and is the most common hickory of the Appalachian Mountains [51].  The
varieties glabra and megacarpa occur sympatrically throughout most of
eastern North America south to Louisiana; the variety hirsuta occurs
throughout much of the Southeast [32,55].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CT  DE  FL  GA  IA  IL  IN  KY
     LA  MA  MD  MI  MO  NE  NH  NJ  NY  NC
     OH  OK  PA  RI  SC  TN  VA  VT  WV


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ALPO  ANTI  BISO  BITH  BLRI  CATO
     CHCH  COLO  COSW  CUGA  CUIS  DEWA
     FOCA  FODO  GWMP  GRSM  HOBE  INDU
     MACA  MANA  MORA  NATR  NERI  OBRI
     RICH  ROCR  SARA  SHEN  SHIL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    21  Eastern white pine
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    42  Bur oak
    43  Bear oak
    44  Chestnut oak
    45  Pitch pine
    46  Eastern redcedar
    51  White pine - chestnut oak
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    53  White oak
    55  Northern red oak
    57  Yellow poplar
    59  Yellow poplar - white oak - northern red oak
    60  Beech - sugar maple
    64  Sassafras - persimmon
    65  Pin oak - sweet gum
    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
    87  Sweet gum - yellow poplar
    88  Willow oak - water oak - diamondleaf oak
    91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Pignut hickory codominates certain upland hardwood forests of eastern
North America.  Common codominants include white oak (Quercus alba) and
northern red oak (Q. rubra).  Pignut hickory is included as a dominant
or indicator in the following community type classifications (cts):

Area              Classification                Authority

sw OH             forest cts                    Braun 1936
TN                general veg. cts              Quarterman and others 1972

Related categories for Species: Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory