a_species page (sycamore - (Platanus occidentalis))

sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) Family: Platanaceae
Guild: opportunistic, long-lived intermediate
Functional Lifeform: large deciduous tree
Silvics Manual: Click here for sycamore
(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 sycamore:

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

Current-FIA

GISS

GFDL

Hadley

UKMO

CCC

Summary (All-5)

5-GCM Average

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

Ecological Attributes Soil Elevation Climate

Output Area:

Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Platanaceae

FIA distributions (960 counties) quartiles: min 1st mean median 3rd max rank

Diameter, cm (2831plots) 0.3 23.6 38.5 36.9 50.8 198.1 3

Growth Rate, cm2/yr (1372 plots) 0.7 14.9 37.1 29.2 49.4 353.0 8

Annual Temperature, °C 5.6 11.2 13.4 13.1 15.6 20.6 32

January Temperature, °C -8.4 -2.3 1.0 0.3 4.3 10.9 35

Precipitation, mm 740 1010 1150 1130 1280 1820 39

Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month 26.0 59.3 68.0 67.9 77.9 115.0 28

Maximum Elevation, m 5 183 360 292 424 2000 49

Slope, percent 0.4 4.2 11.2 9.0 14.8 51.0 29

pH 2.4 4.0 4.7 4.6 5.3 7.2 52

Permeability, cm/hr 0.3 1.0 1.7 1.3 2.0 9.8 68

Organic Matter, percent 0.8 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.5 34.5 52

Clay, percent 3.6 21.0 25.4 25.4 29.5 48.9 14

Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm 3.6 6.2 7.5 7.3 8.9 11.5 30

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 (960 counties) quartiles:	min	1st	mean	median	3rd	max	rank
Diameter, cm (2831plots)	0.3	23.6	38.5	36.9	50.8	198.1	3
Growth Rate, cm2/yr (1372 plots)	0.7	14.9	37.1	29.2	49.4	353.0	8
Annual Temperature, °C	5.6	11.2	13.4	13.1	15.6	20.6	32
January Temperature, °C	-8.4	-2.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	10.9	35
Precipitation, mm	740	1010	1150	1130	1280	1820	39
Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month	26.0	59.3	68.0	67.9	77.9	115.0	28
Maximum Elevation, m	5	183	360	292	424	2000	49
Slope, percent	0.4	4.2	11.2	9.0	14.8	51.0	29
pH	2.4	4.0	4.7	4.6	5.3	7.2	52
Permeability, cm/hr	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.3	2.0	9.8	68
Organic Matter, percent	0.8	1.6	2.3	2.0	2.5	34.5	52
Clay, percent	3.6	21.0	25.4	25.4	29.5	48.9	14
Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm	3.6	6.2	7.5	7.3	8.9	11.5	30