DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Shortleaf pine has the widest geographic range of any pine in the
southeastern United States [24].  It grows in the Atlantic Coast States
from southeastern New York to northern Florida; throughout the Gulf
States; and inland to western Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern
Illinois, southern Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas
[24,25].  Arkansas contains more shortleaf pine than any other state
[37].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory


STATES : 
     AL  AR  DE  FL  GA  HI  IL  KY  LA  MD
     MS  MO  NJ  NY  NC  OH  OK  PA  SC  TN
     TX  VA  WV


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ASIS  BISO  BITH  BLRI  BUFF  CHCH
     FIIS  FODC  GWMP  GRSM  HOBE  HOSP
     MACA  MANA  NATR  NERI  OBRI  OZAR
     RICH  ROCR  SHEN  SHIL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K110  Northeastern oak - pine forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    21  Eastern white pine
    40  Post oak - blackjack 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
    57  Yellow-poplar
    70  Longleaf pine
    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
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Shortleaf pine is dominant in several seral communities.  The
published classifications listing shortleaf pine as a dominant species
in community types (cts) are presented below:

Area                    Classification          Authority

se US                   gen. forest cts         Waggoner 1975

se US                   gen. forest cts         Sheffield and
                                                  others 1989

Related categories for Species: Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine