DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Quercus stellata | Post Oak 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Post oak is widespread in the eastern and central United States from
southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, southern Connecticut, and
extreme southeastern New York; south to central Florida; and west to
southeastern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and central Texas.  In the
Midwest, it grows as far north as southeastern Iowa, central Illinois,
and southern Indiana.  It is an abundant tree in coastal plains and the
Piedmont and extends into the lower slopes of the Appalachian Mountains
[47].

Sand post oak occurs from southeastern Virginia south to central Florida
and west to Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and south and central Texas
[47].  It is most common on coastal plains and is scattered in the
Piedmont [13].

Delta post oak occurs in bottomlands in eastern Texas and in the
Mississippi River valley in western Mississippi, southeastern Arkansas,
and Louisiana [47].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES39  Prairie


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


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ASIS  BISO  BITH  BLRI  BUFF  CAHA
     CHCH  COLO  FIIS  FOCA  FODA  GWCA
     GRSM  HOBE  HOSP  MACA  MANA  NATR
     NERI  OBRI  OZAR  PRWI  RICH  ROCR
     SHEN  SHIL  WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K082  Mosaic of K074 and K100
   K083  Cedar glades
   K084  Cross Timbers
   K089  Black Belt
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K110  Northeastern oak - pine forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest
   K115  Sand pine scrub


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    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
    53  White oak
    68  Mesquite
    69  Sand pine
    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
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
    91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Post oak occurs as a dominant tree in savannas and in forests adjacent
to grasslands.  It forms pure stands or mixed stands with blackjack oak
(Quercus marilandica) in the prairie transition area of central Oklahoma
and Texas, where the eastern deciduous forests grade into the drier
western grasslands [43,47].

Sand post oak codominates with bluejack oak (Q. incana) and blackjack
oak on the slightly more mesic midslopes of sandhills, downslope from
the xeric ridges that support turkey oak (Q. laevis) [7].

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

Forest vegetation of the lower Alabama Piedmont [22]
The natural communitites of South Carolina [37]
Forest vegetation of the Big thicket, southeast Texas [33]
Eastern Deciduous Forest [52]
Old-growth forests within the Piedmont of South Carolina [25]
The natural forests of Maryland: an explanation of the vegetation map of
    Maryland [56]

Related categories for Species: Quercus stellata | Post Oak