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A4286 Tsuga heterophylla - Picea sitchensis Alaskan Swamp Forest Alliance

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce Alaskan Swamp Forest Alliance

Colloquial Name: Alaskan Pacific 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

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

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

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  AK, BC


Confidence Level: Low

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.g Western Hemlock - Mountain Hemlock / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest Group G854 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Alliance A4286 Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce Alaskan Swamp Forest Alliance A4286 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003209 Mountain Hemlock - Alaska-cedar / Red Huckleberry / Strawberry-leaf Raspberry - American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003209 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003210 Alaska-cedar - Western Hemlock - Mountain Hemlock / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) / Deer-cabbage Forest CEGL003210 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003212 Alaska-cedar - Mountain Hemlock / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) - Salal / Deer-cabbage Forest CEGL003212 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003213 Mountain Hemlock - Alaska-cedar / Salal / American Skunk-cabbage Woodland CEGL003213 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003215 Mountain Hemlock - Alaska-cedar / Copperbush / Deer-cabbage Woodland CEGL003215 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003216 Mountain Hemlock - Alaska-cedar / American Skunk-cabbage - Common Ladyfern Swamp Forest CEGL003216 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003220 Mountain Hemlock - Western Hemlock / Oval-leaf Blueberry / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003220 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003221 Mountain Hemlock - Western Hemlock / Oval-leaf Blueberry / Deer-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003221 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003231 Western Hemlock / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) / American Skunk-cabbage Forest CEGL003231 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003235 Western Hemlock / Devil''s-club / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003235 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003240 Western Hemlock - Alaska-cedar / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003240 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003249 Mountain Hemlock / Bog Blueberry / Deer-cabbage Woodland CEGL003249 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003255 Sitka Spruce - Western Hemlock / Salmonberry / Spreading Woodfern Forest CEGL003255 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003257 Sitka Spruce - Western Hemlock / Devil''s-club / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003257 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003262 Sitka Spruce - Western Hemlock / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) - Devil''s-club Swamp Forest CEGL003262 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003265 Sitka Spruce - Western Hemlock / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) / American Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003265 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Association CEGL003271 Sitka Spruce / Yellow Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest CEGL003271 1.B.3.Ng.1.g
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
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Version Date: No Data Available
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