a_species page (green ash - (Fraxinus pennsylvanica))

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) Family: Oleaceae
Guild: opportunistic, fast-growing understory tolerant
Functional Lifeform: medium-size deciduous tree
Silvics Manual: Click here for green ash
(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 green ash:

Distribution Maps for green ash: (Outputs will appear in new window)

Current-FIA

GISS

GFDL

Hadley

UKMO

CCC

Summary (All-5)

5-GCM Average

Distribution Tables for green ash: (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 green ash:
(Output appears in Output Area: below)

Ecological Attributes Soil Elevation Climate

Output Area:

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash Oleaceae

FIA distributions (1173 counties) quartiles: min 1st mean median 3rd max rank

Diameter, cm (5981 plots) 0.3 6.4 20.0 18.0 29.5 89.9 42

Growth Rate, cm2/yr (2077 plots) 0.1 9.6 21.2 16.8 27.9 275.7 30

Annual Temperature, �C 1.9 8.1 11.5 11.7 14.7 20.6 52

January Temperature, �C -18.5 -6.6 -2.2 -2.2 2.4 11.1 53

Precipitation, mm 382 804 1030 1020 1260 1630 59

Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month 12.6 54.1 65.8 65.8 77.3 127.0 38

Maximum Elevation, m 3 213 367 335 458 1980 30

Slope, percent 0.0 3.5 8.6 5.9 11.5 51.0 63

pH 2.3 4.5 5.3 5.2 6.2 7.9 13

Permeability, cm/hr 0.2 1.0 2.1 1.4 2.4 13.3 61

Organic Matter, percent 0.9 1.8 3.9 2.4 4.3 35.1 25

Clay, percent 3.0 19.5 24.0 24.7 28.9 53.1 24

Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm 3.9 6.8 8.3 8.5 9.9 16.1 10

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 (1173 counties) quartiles:	min	1st	mean	median	3rd	max	rank
Diameter, cm (5981 plots)	0.3	6.4	20.0	18.0	29.5	89.9	42
Growth Rate, cm2/yr (2077 plots)	0.1	9.6	21.2	16.8	27.9	275.7	30
Annual Temperature, �C	1.9	8.1	11.5	11.7	14.7	20.6	52
January Temperature, �C	-18.5	-6.6	-2.2	-2.2	2.4	11.1	53
Precipitation, mm	382	804	1030	1020	1260	1630	59
Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month	12.6	54.1	65.8	65.8	77.3	127.0	38
Maximum Elevation, m	3	213	367	335	458	1980	30
Slope, percent	0.0	3.5	8.6	5.9	11.5	51.0	63
pH	2.3	4.5	5.3	5.2	6.2	7.9	13
Permeability, cm/hr	0.2	1.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	13.3	61
Organic Matter, percent	0.9	1.8	3.9	2.4	4.3	35.1	25
Clay, percent	3.0	19.5	24.0	24.7	28.9	53.1	24
Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm	3.9	6.8	8.3	8.5	9.9	16.1	10