DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Shumard oak occurs on the Atlantic Coastal Plain from North Carolina
south to northern Florida; west to central Texas; north to central
Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, western and
southern Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.  It occurs locally north to
southern Michigan, and southern Pennsylvania [9,11,25].  Specimens have
been collected from extreme southwestern Ontario and the eastern Niagara
peninsula [38].

The status of Shumard oak in Maryland is uncertain.  It has been
reported in Maryland by reliable sources [9], but specimens were not
located by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fish and Wildlife Service
survey [47].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     AL  AR  FL  GA  IL  IN  KY  KS  LA  MD
     MI  MS  MO  NC  OH  OK  PA  SC  TN  TX
     VA  WV  ON


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BITH  BUFF  CHCH  COSW  GWCA  GWMP
     HOSP  NATR  SHIL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K084  Cross Timbers
   K086  Juniper - oak savanna
   K099  Maple - basswood forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K101  Elm - ash forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    26  Sugar maple - basswood
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    53  White oak
    62  Silver maple - American elm
    66  Ashe juniper - redberry (Pinchot) juniper
    67  Shin (Mohrs) oak
    75  Shortleaf pine
    76  Shortleaf pine - oak
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
    93  Sugarberry - American elm - green ash
    94  Sycamore - sweetgum - American elm


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Shumard oak is usually widely spaced and never occurs in pure stands
[33].  It occurs with the more prominent southern oaks included in the
oak-hickory forest region described by Braun [46].

Common tree associates not previously mentioned include white ash
(Fraxinus americana), shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), shellbark hickory
(C. laciniosa), mockernut hickory (C. tomentosa), bitternut hickory (C.
cordiformis), water hickory (C. aquatica), Delta post oak (Quercus
stellata var. paludosa), willow oak (Q. phellos), water oak (Q. nigra),
southern red oak (Q. falcata var. falcata), blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica),
winged elm (Ulmus alata), magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), yellow-poplar
(Liriodendron tulipifera), American beech (Fagus grandiflora), and
spruce pine (Pinus glabra) [11].

Related categories for Species: Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak