a_species page (sugar maple - (Acer saccharum))

sugar maple (Acer saccharum) Family: Aceraceae
Guild: persistent, slow-growing understory tolerant
Functional Lifeform: large deciduous tree
Silvics Manual: Click here for sugar maple
(Main Silvics Page: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm)

Life History Attributes & Disturbance Response

Ecological Attributes & Status of Species

Distribution Maps/Tables for sugar maple:

Distribution Maps for sugar maple: (Outputs will appear in new window)

Current-FIA

GISS

GFDL

Hadley

UKMO

CCC

Summary (All-5)

5-GCM Average

Distribution Tables for sugar maple: (Outputs will appear in new window)

IV Change Average IV IV*Area Area Change Total Area(%) N-S Shift Potential Winners/Losers

Ecological Attributes and Status of sugar maple:
(Output appears in Output Area: below)

Ecological Attributes Soil Elevation Climate

Output Area:

Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Aceraceae

FIA distributions (1038 counties) quartiles: min 1st mean median 3rd max rank

Diameter, cm (17151 plots) 0.3 9.9 19.6 18.3 26.8 153.7 41

Growth Rate, cm2/yr (5549 plots) 0.0 9.7 18.5 15.4 23.3 215.4 36

Annual Temperature, �C 2.2 7.6 10.1 10.3 12.4 19.7 63

January Temperature, �C -16.6 -6.1 -3.5 -3.0 -0.5 10.4 60

Precipitation, mm 512 904 1050 1040 1180 1780 55

Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month 12.6 46.7 56.5 56.7 65.4 100.0 67

Maximum Elevation, m 67 289 489 373 572 2000 17

Slope, percent 0.0 5.1 12.7 10.3 16.8 51.0 13

pH 2.5 4.0 4.8 4.7 5.7 7.9 41

Permeability, cm/hr 0.2 1.1 2.3 1.6 2.7 14.2 42

Organic Matter, percent 0.9 2.0 4.1 2.6 4.6 35.1 22

Clay, percent 2.5 15.4 21.0 22.0 27.1 51.9 60

Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm 3.1 5.8 7.4 7.0 8.9 16.1 47

Maps of Current FIA's IV, Predicted-Current IV (acc. to RTA Model) & Geographic Predictors

Maps of Predicted-Current IV, Predicted IV (GISS GCM), the Difference with Current & Potential Shifts (acc. to RTA Model)

Maps of Predicted-Current IV, Predicted IV (GFDL GCM), the Difference with Current & Potential Shifts (acc. to RTA Model

Maps of Predicted-Current IV, Predicted IV (Hadley GCM),the Difference with Current & Potential Shifts (acc. to RTA Model)

Maps of Predicted-Current IV, Predicted IV (UKMO GCM), the Difference with Current & Potential Shifts (acc. to RTA Model)

Maps of Predicted-Current IV, Predicted IV (CCC GCM), the Difference with Current & Potential Shifts (acc. to RTA Model)

Predicted IVs of Current & 5 GCM models for quick comparison

IV Change for all 5 Climate Change Scenarios

Average IV for all 5 Climate Change Scenarios

Area Weighted IV % change for all 5 Climate Change Scenarios

Area Change for all 5 Climate Change Scenarios

Percent of Total Area for all 5 Climate Change Scenarios

N-S Shift for all 5 Climate Change Scenarios

Sorted table of % Change of IV*Area averaged across all 5 Climate Change Scenarios

Statistical-range table of ecological attributes for some key variables

Chart of optimum IV range for pH and permeablility

Chart of optimum IV range for max. elevation and soil slope

Chart of optimum IV range for avg. annual temperature and annual precipitation

Average IV of all 5 GCMs.

FIA distributions (1038 counties) quartiles:	min	1st	mean	median	3rd	max	rank
Diameter, cm (17151 plots)	0.3	9.9	19.6	18.3	26.8	153.7	41
Growth Rate, cm2/yr (5549 plots)	0.0	9.7	18.5	15.4	23.3	215.4	36
Annual Temperature, �C	2.2	7.6	10.1	10.3	12.4	19.7	63
January Temperature, �C	-16.6	-6.1	-3.5	-3.0	-0.5	10.4	60
Precipitation, mm	512	904	1050	1040	1180	1780	55
Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month	12.6	46.7	56.5	56.7	65.4	100.0	67
Maximum Elevation, m	67	289	489	373	572	2000	17
Slope, percent	0.0	5.1	12.7	10.3	16.8	51.0	13
pH	2.5	4.0	4.8	4.7	5.7	7.9	41
Permeability, cm/hr	0.2	1.1	2.3	1.6	2.7	14.2	42
Organic Matter, percent	0.9	2.0	4.1	2.6	4.6	35.1	22
Clay, percent	2.5	15.4	21.0	22.0	27.1	51.9	60
Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm	3.1	5.8	7.4	7.0	8.9	16.1	47