a_species page (honeylocust - (Gleditsia triacanthos))

honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos) Family: Caesalpiniaceae/Leguminosae
Guild: opportunistic, dispersal limited (large-seeded)
Functional Lifeform: large deciduous tree
Silvics Manual: Click here for honeylocust
(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 honeylocust:

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

Current-FIA

GISS

GFDL

Hadley

UKMO

CCC

Summary (All-5)

5-GCM Average

Distribution Tables for honeylocust: (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 honeylocust:
(Output appears in Output Area: below)

Ecological Attributes Soil Elevation Climate

Output Area:

Gleditsia triacanthos Honeylocust Leguminosae

FIA distributions (602 counties) quartiles: min 1st mean median 3rd max rank

Diameter, cm (1711 plots) 0.3 12.4 25.5 24.4 36.0 103.1 25

Growth Rate, cm2/yr (439 plots) 0.4 11.3 24.0 19.0 31.2 117.0 25

Annual Temperature, �C 3.6 10.6 12.9 12.3 15.1 21.9 42

January Temperature, �C -12.7 -4.0 -0.4 -1.4 3.0 15.0 46

Precipitation, mm 523 928 1080 1040 1230 1780 55

Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month 32.1 61.7 70.3 69.8 78.9 121.0 26

Maximum Elevation, m 7 198 311 291 368 1860 50

Slope, percent 0.5 3.6 8.1 6.0 11.1 46.5 60

pH 2.5 4.5 5.2 5.2 5.9 7.4 12

Permeability, cm/hr 0.3 0.8 1.5 1.1 1.6 11.0 79

Organic Matter, percent 0.9 1.8 2.6 2.2 3.1 12.3 40

Clay, percent 2.9 23.9 27.1 27.2 31.4 48.9 3

Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm 3.1 6.8 8.4 8.7 10.1 11.9 5

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 (602 counties) quartiles:	min	1st	mean	median	3rd	max	rank
Diameter, cm (1711 plots)	0.3	12.4	25.5	24.4	36.0	103.1	25
Growth Rate, cm2/yr (439 plots)	0.4	11.3	24.0	19.0	31.2	117.0	25
Annual Temperature, �C	3.6	10.6	12.9	12.3	15.1	21.9	42
January Temperature, �C	-12.7	-4.0	-0.4	-1.4	3.0	15.0	46
Precipitation, mm	523	928	1080	1040	1230	1780	55
Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month	32.1	61.7	70.3	69.8	78.9	121.0	26
Maximum Elevation, m	7	198	311	291	368	1860	50
Slope, percent	0.5	3.6	8.1	6.0	11.1	46.5	60
pH	2.5	4.5	5.2	5.2	5.9	7.4	12
Permeability, cm/hr	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.1	1.6	11.0	79
Organic Matter, percent	0.9	1.8	2.6	2.2	3.1	12.3	40
Clay, percent	2.9	23.9	27.1	27.2	31.4	48.9	3
Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm	3.1	6.8	8.4	8.7	10.1	11.9	5