WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Martes americana | American Marten 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
American Martens occur throughout much of the northern boreal forest of Canada
and in isolated portions of northeastern United States and Canada.  They
also occur in isolated areas of the Pacific Coast States, the inland
Rocky Mountain West, and the Southwest. American martens are rare in the eastern
United States but can be found in limited areas of Wisconsin, Michigan,
and Minnesota [1,3].

  
American martens are also found on the following Alaskan islands:  Admiralty, 
Kuiu, Kupreanof, and Revillagigedo.  They have been stocked on Prince of Wales, 
Garanof, and Chichagof islands.

Subspecies: Eastern marten inhabit eastern North America.  Western marten
inhabit portions of California and Nevada.  Rocky Mountain marten
inhabit the western United States [7,21].



ECOSYSTEMS : 
FRES11 Spruce-fir
FRES18 Maple-beech-birch
FRES19 Aspen-birch
FRES23 Fir-spruce
FRES24 Hemlock-Sitka spruce


STATES : 


    
AK
    
AR
    
CA
    
CO
    
ID
    
MI
    
MN
    
MT
    
NY
    
OH
    
UT
    
WA
    
WY






    
AB
    
BC
    
MB
    
NB
    
NF
    
NT
    
NS
    
ON
    
PE
    
PQ


    
SK
    
YK
    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    





BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
     1  Northern Pacific Border
     2  Cascade Mountains
     4  Sierra Mountains
     8  Northern Rocky Mountains
     9  Middle Rocky Mountains
    10  Wyoming Basin
    11  Southern Rocky Mountains
    12  Colorado Plateau


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K001  Spruce - cedar - hemlock forest
   K002  Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest
   K003  Silver fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K004  Fir - hemlock forest
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K007  Red fir forest
   K008  Lodgepole pine - subalpine forest
   K013  Cedar - hemlock - pine forest
   K014  Grand fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K020  Spruce - fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K021  Southwestern spruce -fir forest
   K093  Great Lakes spruce - fir forest
   K094  Conifer bog
   K096  Northeastern spruce - fir forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K107  Northern hardwoods - fir forest
   K108  Northern hardwoods - spruce forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     5  Balsam fir
    12  Black spruce
    13  Black spruce - tamarack
    22  White pine - hemlock
    25  Sugar maple - beech - yellow birch
    30  Red spruce - yellow birch
    31  Red spruce - sugar maple - beech
    32  Red spruce
    33  Red spruce - balsam fir
    34  Red spruce - Fraser fir
   201  White spruce
   204  Black spruce
   205  Mountain hemlock
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   207  Red fir
   211  White fir
   212  Western larch
   213  Grand fir
   215  Western white pine
   216  Blue spruce
   218  Lodgepole pine
   223  Sitka spruce
   224  Western hemlock
   225  Western hemlock - Sitka spruce
   226  Coastal true fir - hemlock
   227  Western redcedar - western hemlock
   228  Western redcedar
   229  Pacific Douglas-fir
   230  Douglas-fir - western hemlock
   232  Redwood
   243  Sierra Nevada mixed conifer
   251  White spruce - aspen
   253  Black spruce - white spruce


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
American martens are found in climax coniferous and mixed forests.  They need
dense overstory (>30 percent) and sufficient understory cover for hiding
and denning.  Mesic sites that support dense, succulent understory
vegetation for American marten prey species are considered the best habitat [12].
During the summer, American martens may hunt for food in open meadows bordering
dense forests if hiding cover is present [1,11,12].  American martens inhabit
high elevation basins in spruce (Picea spp.)-subalpine fir (Abies
lasiocarpa) or mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) forests in the West.
Mature lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) stands that include spruce or
subalpine fir will also support American marten.  Although American martens are 
usually found at high elevations, they will use forests at lower elevations with
high precipation, such as cedar (Thuja spp.)-grand fir (Abies grandis)
[12].  In the East they are found in maple 
(Acer spp.)-beech (Fagus spp.)-birch (Betula spp.) forests.
 


REFERENCES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Martes americana | American Marten