DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Vitis aestivalis | Summer Grape 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Summer grape occurs throughout the eastern United States.  The range of
the typical variety extends from southern Maine west through southern
Ontario to Wisconsin; south to Texas; and east to Florida [6,10,11,18].
Vitis aestivalis var. argentifolia generally occurs farther north and
inland than the typical variety; its range extends from New Hampshire
west to southern Minnesota and south to Kansas, Missouri, Alabama,
Tennessee, and Virginia [10,32].  Both varieties are uncommon at their
northern limits [20].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch


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


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ALPO  ASIS  BICY  BISO  BITH  BUFF
     CAHA  CALO  CATO  CHCH  COLO  COSW
     CUGA  CUIS  CUVA  DEWA  EFMO  EVER
     FIIS  FODO  GATE  GWCA  GRSM  INDU
     JOFL  MACA  MORR  NERI  OBRI  OZAR
     PRWI  RICH  ROCR  SHEN  SHIL  VAFO
     WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K098  Northern floodplain forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K101  Elm - ash forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K110  Northeastern oak - pine forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    50  Black locust
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    53  White oak
    59  Yellow-poplar - white oak - northern red oak
    70  Longleaf pine
    76  Shortleaf pine - oak
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    89  Live oak
    93  Sugarberry - American elm - green ash
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Summer grape occurs in open forests, woodlands, woodland borders, and
thickets [10,11].  It climbs nearly all hardwood and conifer tree
species that grow in its range [20].  Summer grape may be exceedingly
abundant in or completely absent from a particular vegetation type [3,4].

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