DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Loblolly pine is widely distributed in the southeastern United States
from southern New Jersey to central Florida and west through the Gulf
States to eastern Texas.  It also occurs in southeastern Oklahoma,
central Arkansas, and southern Tennessee.  It is found in the Piedmont
Plateau, the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the southern extent of the
Cumberland Plateau, and the Valley-and-Ridge Province of the Appalachian
Highlands [3,40].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress


STATES : 
     AL  AR  DE  FL  GA  HI  LA  MD  MS  NJ
     NC  OK  SC  TN  TX  VA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ASIS  BITH  CAHA  CALO  CHCH  COLO
     COSW  CUIS  FOCA  FODO  HOBE  MANA
     NATR  OBRI  RICH  SHIL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


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


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    46  Eastern redcedar
    70  Longleaf pine
    74  Cabbage palmetto
    75  Shortleaf pine
    79  Virginia pine
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    85  Slash pine - hardwood
    87  Sweetgum - yellow-poplar
    91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
    98  Pond pine
   104  Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Published classifications listing loblolly pine as a dominant
species in community types are presented below.

Eastern deciduous forest, Vol. 1: Southeastern evergreen and
  oak-pine region [58]
Plant communities of the Coastal Plain of North Carolina and their
  successional relations [65] 
The natural communities of South Carolina [67]

Common overstory associates of loblolly pine include southern red oak
(Quercus falcata), white oak (Q. alba), blackjack oak (Q. marilandica),
post oak (Q. stellata), water oak (Q. nigra), willow oak (Q. phellos),
laurel oak (Q. laurifolia), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), persimmon
(Diospyros virginiana), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), spruce pine
(Pinus glabra), blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica), red maple (Acer rubrum),
southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), American elm (Ulmus
americana), water hickory (Carya aquatica) and white and Carolina ash
(Fraxinus americana and F. caroliniana) [3].

Common understory shrubs and trees include flowering dogwood (Cornus
florida), American holly (Ilex opaca), inkberry (I. glabra), yaupon (I.
vomitoria), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), southern bayberry (Myrica
cerifera), pepperbush (Clethra spp.), and sumac (Rhus spp.) [3]. 

Common herbaceous species include bluestem (Andropogon spp.), panicum
(Panicum spp.), sedges (Carex spp. and Cyperus spp.), and fennel
(Eupatorium spp.) [3].

Related categories for Species: Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine