DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carya illinoensis | Pecan 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Pecan grows principally in the bottomlands of the Mississippi River
valley.  Its range extends westard from southern Indiana through
Illinois, southeastern Iowa, and eastern Kansas, south to central Texas,
and eastward to western Mississippi and western Tennessee.  Pecan occurs
locally in southwestern Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama, and central Mexico.
Its best commercial development is on river-front lands of the
Mississippi Delta and along major rivers west of the Delta to Texas
[2,18].  Pecan is cultivated in Hawaii [25].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood


STATES : 
     AL  AR  IL  HI  IN  IA  KS  KY  LA  MS
     MO  OH  OK  TN  TX  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AMIS  BITH  BUFF  CUIS  GRSM  HOBE
     HOSP  JELA  MACA  NATR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K089  Black Belt
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K101  Elm - ash forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    61  River birch - sycamore
    63  Cottonwood
    65  Pin oak - sweetgum
    73  Southern redcedar
    75  Shortleaf pine
    76  Shortleaf pine - oak
    78  Virginia pine - oak
    79  Virginia pine
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    88  Willow oak - water oak - diamondleaf oak
    89  Live oak
    91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
    92  Sweetgum - willow oak
    93  Sugarberry - American elm - green ash
    94  Sycamore - sweetgum - American elm
    95  Black willow
    96  Overcup oak - water hickory
   101  Baldcypress - tupelo
   103  Water tupelo - swamp tupelo


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Carya illinoensis | Pecan