DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Prunus americana | American Plum 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
American plum is distributed throughout much of northeastern Canada and
a major portion of the United States, although it is less common west of
the Great Plains.  This native plum occurs from Massachusetts west to
Manitoba and western Montana, south through the Rocky Mountains to New
Mexico and Arizona, and eastward to northwestern Florida [10,12].  This
species is not found in the Texas Panhandle [9].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     AL  AZ  CO  CT  DE  FL  GA  IL  IN  IA
     KS  KY  LA  MD  MA  MN  MS  MO  MT  NE
     NJ  NM  NY  NC  ND  OH  OK  PA  PA  RI
     SC  SD  TN  UT  VA  WV  WI  WY  MB  ON
     PQ  SK


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BICA  THRO  WICA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K016  Eastern ponderosa forest
   K017  Black Hills pine forest
   K037  Mountain-mahogany-oak scrub
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K063  Foothills prairie
   K064  Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass
   K065  Grama-buffalograss
   K066  Wheatgrass-needlegrass
   K067  Wheatgrass-bluestem-needlegrass
   K070  Sandsage-bluestem prairie
   K074  Bluestem prairie
   K081  Oak savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
   210  Interior Douglas-fir
   237  Interior ponderosa pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Prunus americana | American Plum