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CEGL003230 Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium (alaskaense, ovalifolium) / Dryopteris expansa Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western Hemlock / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) / Spreading Woodfern Forest

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: First described from the Ketchikan Area, Tongass National Forest (DeMeo et al. 1992). Also occurs in the Yakutat area (Shephard 1995), Chatham Area, TNF (Martin et al. 1995), Stikine Area, TNF (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989), and the Chugach National Forest (Develice et al. 1999).

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

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 - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G5

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium ovalifolium / Dryopteris campyloptera Forest (DeMeo et al. 1992)
= Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium (alaskaense and ovalifolium)/Dryopteris expansa (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_229]
> CWH wm /01 (Banner et al. 1993)
> CWH wm /01 (Green and Klinka 1994)

Concept Author(s): DeMeo et al. (1992)

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

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