DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Blackjack oak occurs in the central and eastern United States from Long
Island, New York, New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania; south to
northwestern Florida; west to central Texas, western Oklahoma and
eastern Kansas; and north to southern Iowa, central Illinois, southern
Indiana, and southern Ohio [27,28].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES39  Prairie


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


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BISO  BITH  BLRI  BUFF  CAHA  CHCH
     COLO  CUIS  FIIS  GWCA  GWMP  GRSM
     HOBE  HOSP  MACA  MANA  NATR  OBRI
     OZAR  PRWI  RICH  SHEN  SHIL  WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K082  Mosaic of K074 and K100
   K083  Cedar glades
   K084  Cross Timbers
   K086  Juniper - oak savanna
   K087  Mesquite - oak savanna
   K089  Black Belt
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K110  Northeastern oak - pine forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    43  Bear oak
    45  Pitch pine
    46  Eastern redcedar
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    66  Ashe juniper - redberry (Pinchot) juniper
    68  Mesquite
    70  Longleaf pine
    71  Longleaf pine - scrub oak
    72  Southern scrub oak
    75  Shortleaf pine
    76  Shortleaf pine - oak
    78  Virginia pine - oak
    79  Virginia pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Blackjack oak occurs as a dominant tree in savannas and in forests
adjacent to grasslands.  It forms mixed stands with post oak (Quercus
stellata) in the prairie transition area of central Oklahoma and Texas,
where the eastern deciduous forests grade into the drier western
grasslands [23,47]. 

Blackjack oak shares dominance with bluejack oak and sand post oak (Q.
stellata var. margaretta) on the slightly more mesic midslopes of
sandhills, downslope from the xeric ridges that support turkey oak (Q.
laevis) [11].

The Pine Plains of New Jersey are characterized by a community of
dwarfed blackjack oak, bear oak, and pitch pine (Pinus rigida) [33].

The following published classifications list blackjack oak as a dominant
or codominant species:

Eastern deciduous forest [55]
The natural communities of South Carolina [36]
Forest vegetation of the lower Alabama Piedmont [20]
Forest vegetation of the Big thicket, southeast Texas [32]
The natural forests of Maryland:  an explanation of the vegetation map
    of Maryland [7]

Related categories for Species: Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak