DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Shagbark hickory occurs throughout most of the eastern North America but
is largely absent from the southeastern and Gulf coastal plains and the
lower Mississippi Delta.  It is found from southeastern Nebraska and
southeastern Minnesota eastward through southern Ontario and Quebec to
Maine and extends southward to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and eastern Texas [23].  Disjunct populations have been reported in the
mountains of northeastern Mexico [23,36].

The variety ovata encompasses most of the species' range and grows
westward to southeastern Missouri and eastward to Louisiana.  The
variety australis occurs in southeastern North America [36].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CT  DE  GA  IL  IN  IA  KS  KY
     LA  ME  MD  MA  MI  MN  MS  MO  NE  NH
     NJ  NY  NC  OR  OK  PA  RI  SC  TN  TX
     VT  VA  WV  WI  ON  PQ  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ALPO  BITH  BLRI  BUFF  CATC  CHCH
     COSW  CUVA  DEWA  EFMO  FIIS  FODO
     GRSM  INDU  MACA  MORR  NATR  NERI
     OBRI  OZAR  SARA  SHEN  SHIL  WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K081  Oak savanna
   K089  Black Belt
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K111  Oak - hickory pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   21  Eastern white pine
   42  Bur oak
   43  Bear oak
   44  Chestnut oak
   45  Pitch pine
   51  White pine - chestnut oak
   52  White oak - black oak - norther red oak
   53  White oak
   57  Yellow poplar
   59  Yellow poplar - white oak - northern red oak
   60  Beech - sugar maple
   64  Sassafras - persimmon
   65  Pin oak - sweet gum
   75  Shortleaf pine
   76  Shortleaf pine - oak
   78  Virginia pine - oak
   80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
   81  Loblolly pine
   82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
   87  Sweet gum - yellow poplar
   91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
In certain floodplain communities, shagbark hickory grows as a
codominant with black oak (Quercus velutinus), green ash (Fraxinus
pennsylvanica), and northern red oak (Quercus rubra).  Shagbark hickory
is included as a codominant or indicator in the following community type
(cts) and plant association (pas) classifications:

Area              Classification                Authority

IL                general veg., cts             Thomson and Anderson 1976
NE                general veg., cts             Aikman 1926      
NE, KS            general veg., cts             Weaver 1960
NE, KS            general veg., cts             Weaver and Albertson 1945
OH                general veg., cts             Hamilton and Limbird 1982
sw OH             general veg., pas             Braun 1936

Related categories for Species: Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory