Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii) COSEWIC update status report: chapter 4

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Distribution

Global range

Shumard Oak occurs in the United States from Indiana and North Carolina south to Texas and northern Florida Isolated outliers occur in southern Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Virginia but it is largely absent from the Appalachians (Waldron et al., 1987) (Figure 2).

Figure 2. North American distribution of Shumard Oak (Fowells, 1965)

Canadian range

The Canadian range is restricted to southwestern Ontario in the counties of Essex, Kent, Elgin, Lambton and in the Niagara Regional Municipality (Figure 3).

Figure 3. Canadian (Ontario) distribution of Shumard Oak