DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Quercus ellipsoidalis | Northern Pin Oak 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Northern pin oak has a limited range; it is largely confined to the
middle and western parts of the Great Lakes region.  It occurs from
central Michigan east to noth-central Wisconsin, eastern Iowa, northern
Illinois, and northern Indiana.  Disjunct populations occur in northern
Ohio, Arkansas, and extreme southeastern North Dakota [6,10,23].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     AR  IL  IN  IA  KS  MI  MN  MO  ND  OH
     WI


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     INDU  VOYA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K081  Oak savanna
   K082  Mosaic of K074 and K100
   K083  Cedar glades
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K099  Maple - basswood forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K107  Northern hardwoods - fir forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     1  Jack pine
    14  Northern pin oak
    18  Paper birch
    19  Gray birch - red maple
    21  Eastern white pine
    23  Eastern hemlock
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    42  Bur oak
    43  Bear oak
    46  Eastern redcedar
    62  Silver maple - American elm
    53  White oak
    55  Northern red oak
    60  Beech - sugar maple
   108  Red maple
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Northern pin oak is a common component in central upland deciduous
forest.  It is pure or comprises a majority of the stocking in varying
mixtures with white oak (Quercus alba), black oak (Q. velutina), scarlet
oak (Q. coccinea), bur oak (Q. macrocarpa), or northern red oak (Q.
borealis) [10].

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

Classification of forest ecosystems in Michigan [26]
Field guide to forest habitat types in northern Wisconsin [19]

Related categories for Species: Quercus ellipsoidalis | Northern Pin Oak