a_species page (red mulberry

red mulberry (Morus rubra) Family: Moraceae
Guild: opportunistic, fast-growing understory tolerant
Functional Lifeform: small to medium-size deciduous
Silvics Manual: Click here for red mulberry
(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 red mulberry:

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

Current-FIA

GISS

GFDL

Hadley

UKMO

CCC

Summary (All-5)

5-GCM Average

Distribution Tables for red mulberry: (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 red mulberry:
(Output appears in Output Area: below)

Ecological Attributes Soil Elevation Climate

Output Area:

Morus rubra Red Mulberry Moraceae

FIA distributions (578 counties) quartiles: min 1st mean median 3rd max rank

Diameter, cm (1725 plots) 0.3 4.1 13.3 8.6 19.9 105.4 67

Growth Rate, cm2/yr (207 plots) 0.2 4.8 14.7 9.4 17.1 199.6 62

Annual Temperature, �C 5.9 11.2 13.3 13.0 16.0 20.4 34

January Temperature, �C -12.7 -4.0 0.0 -0.6 4.3 10.7 42

Precipitation, mm 523 901 1090 1060 1310 1610 50

Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month 45.7 65.2 73.5 72.6 79.8 123.0 24

Maximum Elevation, m 3 191 318 296 396 1610 48

Slope, percent 0.5 4.0 8.4 6.8 11.3 39.6 50

pH 2.1 4.5 5.1 5.0 5.8 7.4 22

Permeability, cm/hr 0.3 0.9 1.5 1.2 1.7 8.8 77

Organic Matter, percent 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.9 2.8 18.0 61

Clay, percent 3.4 23.0 27.0 27.0 31.1 46.6 4

Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm 4.2 7.1 8.5 8.8 10.1 12.4 4

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 (578 counties) quartiles:	min	1st	mean	median	3rd	max	rank
Diameter, cm (1725 plots)	0.3	4.1	13.3	8.6	19.9	105.4	67
Growth Rate, cm2/yr (207 plots)	0.2	4.8	14.7	9.4	17.1	199.6	62
Annual Temperature, �C	5.9	11.2	13.3	13.0	16.0	20.4	34
January Temperature, �C	-12.7	-4.0	0.0	-0.6	4.3	10.7	42
Precipitation, mm	523	901	1090	1060	1310	1610	50
Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month	45.7	65.2	73.5	72.6	79.8	123.0	24
Maximum Elevation, m	3	191	318	296	396	1610	48
Slope, percent	0.5	4.0	8.4	6.8	11.3	39.6	50
pH	2.1	4.5	5.1	5.0	5.8	7.4	22
Permeability, cm/hr	0.3	0.9	1.5	1.2	1.7	8.8	77
Organic Matter, percent	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.9	2.8	18.0	61
Clay, percent	3.4	23.0	27.0	27.0	31.1	46.6	4
Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm	4.2	7.1	8.5	8.8	10.1	12.4	4