DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The native range of the typical slash pine variety includes the Coastal
Plain from southern South Carolina to central Florida and west to
eastern Louisiana.  Slash pine has been planted as far north as Kentucky
and Virginia [37], and as far west as eastern Texas, where it now
reproduces naturally [24].  The south Florida variety occurs in central
and southern Florida and in the lower Florida Keys [2,24].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress


STATES : 
     AL  AR  FL  GA  KY  LA  MS  NC  OK  SC
     TN  TX  VA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BICY  BITH  CUIS  EVER  GUIS  NATR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest
   K114  Pocosin
   K116  Subtropical pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    70  Longleaf pine
    74  Cabbage palmetto
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
    85  Slash pine - hardwood
    97  Atlantic white cedar
    98  Pond pine
   100  Pond cypress
   103  Water tupelo - swamp tupelo
   104  Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay
   111  South Florida slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
The published classifications listing slash pine as dominant in
community types (cts) are presented below:

Area                    Classification          Authority

SC                      general veg. cts        Nelson 1986
se US: Gulf Coast       gereral forest cts      Pessin 1933
se US                   general forest cts      Waggoner 1975
se US                   general veg. cts        Christensen 1988
nc FL                   general forest cts      Monk 1968
 

Related categories for Species: Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine