Nyssa sylvatica var. sylvatica Black Tupelo Cornaceae
| FIA distributions (1178 counties) quartiles: | min | 1st | mean | median | 3rd | max | rank |
| Diameter, cm (14001 plots) | 0.3 | 3.7 | 13.3 | 7.9 | 19.8 | 91.4 | 69 |
| Growth Rate, cm2/yr (4156 plots) | 0.0 | 5.0 | 12.4 | 9.9 | 16.1 | 291.3 | 58 |
| Annual Temperature, °C | 4.8 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 20.7 | 26 |
| January Temperature, °C | -8.6 | -0.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 27 |
| Precipitation, mm | 740 | 1090 | 1220 | 1190 | 1330 | 1930 | 27 |
| Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month | 24.0 | 59.7 | 67.8 | 68.1 | 78.0 | 107.0 | 27 |
| Maximum Elevation, m | 3 | 152 | 386 | 274 | 478 | 2000 | 57 |
| Slope, percent | 0.5 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 16.1 | 51.0 | 18 |
| pH | 2.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 66 |
| Permeability, cm/hr | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 13.8 | 40 |
| Organic Matter, percent | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 46.2 | 64 |
| Clay, percent | 2.4 | 19.2 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 27.9 | 53.1 | 43 |
| Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm | 3.4 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 12.0 | 68 |