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A4285 Tsuga heterophylla - Picea sitchensis / Lysichiton americanus Swamp Forest Alliance

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest Alliance

Colloquial Name: North-Central Pacific Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce Swamp Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  BC, CA, OR, WA


Confidence Level: Proposed (Submitted)

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 1 Forest & Woodland Class C01 1
Subclass 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass S15 1.B
Formation 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation F026 1.B.3
Division 1.B.3.Ng Vancouverian Flooded & Swamp Forest Division D193 1.B.3.Ng
Macrogroup 1.B.3.Ng.1 Vancouverian Flooded & Swamp Forest Macrogroup M035 1.B.3.Ng.1
Group 1.B.3.Ng.1.e Western Hemlock - Red Alder / Yellow Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest Group G853 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Alliance A4285 Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest Alliance A4285 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL000047 Port Orford-cedar / Western Azalea / Sedge species Swamp Forest CEGL000047 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL000055 Sitka Spruce / Red-osier Dogwood / Yellow Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL000055 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL000093 Western Hemlock / Vine Maple / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL000093 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL000103 Western Hemlock / Pacific Waterleaf Swamp Forest CEGL000103 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL000349 Alaska-cedar / Devil''s-club Swamp Forest CEGL000349 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL000400 Sitka Spruce / Salmonberry / Slough Sedge - American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL000400 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL001787 Western Red-cedar - Western Hemlock / American Skunk-cabbage / Peatmoss species Treed Fen CEGL001787 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL002847 Western Red-cedar - Red Alder / Red Elderberry / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL002847 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL007315 Alaska-cedar - (Mountain Hemlock) / Salal / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL007315 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Association CEGL007322 Western Hemlock - (Western Red-cedar, Red Alder) / American Skunk-cabbage - Common Ladyfern Swamp Forest CEGL007322 1.B.3.Ng.1.e
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

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Version Date: No Data Available
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