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CEGL000176 Pinus monticola / Clintonia uniflora Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western White Pine / Bride''s Bonnet Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This is a mid-seral evergreen conifer forest that once was a major forest component in the mid elevations of the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. This is described to include all Pinus monticola stands in the Tsuga heterophylla, Thuja plicata, Abies grandis, and warm Abies lasiocarpa series of the inland northwest. The forest canopy is dominated by Pinus monticola with a wide variety of sometimes codominant trees such as Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies grandis, Larix occidentalis. The understory can be a mixture of deciduous shrubs, such as, Acer glabrum and/or mesic site forbs Aralia nudicaulis, Asarum caudatum, and Clintonia uniflora. Collectively this can be referred as the Paxistima myrsinites Union sensu Daubenmire.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This community was recognized in the 1975 RNA needs assessment of Dyrness et al. (1975) without a formal description. Stands are a common part of northern Rocky Mountain forests, and currently plot data representing it are included in associations in habitat type classifications, primarily in the Tsuga heterophylla series and also in the Thuja plicata, Abies grandis, and warm Abies lasiocarpa series.
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: As a described association, this type is restricted to pockets in the Okanogan Highlands of Washington, but as a broadly defined cover type it is likely to also occur in British Columbia, northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana, and northern Blue Mountains in Oregon. Further classification and inventory work are needed to define this type more completely.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: ID?, MT, OR?, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688670
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1Q
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.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Nb Rocky Mountain Forest & Woodland Division | D194 | 1.B.2.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Nb.3 Western Hemlock - Grand Fir - Western Larch Mesic Lower Montane Forest Macrogroup | M500 | 1.B.2.Nb.3 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Nb.3.a Grand Fir - Douglas-fir - Western Larch Central Rocky Mountain Forest Group | G211 | 1.B.2.Nb.3.a |
| Alliance | A3362 Grand Fir - Douglas-fir Central Rocky Mountain Forest & Woodland Alliance | A3362 | 1.B.2.Nb.3.a |
| Association | CEGL000176 Western White Pine / Bride''s Bonnet Forest | CEGL000176 | 1.B.2.Nb.3.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Dyrness, C. T., J. F. Franklin, C. Maser, S. A. Cook, J. D. Hall, and G. Faxon. 1975. Research natural area needs in the Pacific Northwest. General Technical Report PNW-38. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Portland, OR. 231 pp.
- Franklin, J. F., and C. T. Dyrness. 1973. Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington. General Technical Report PNW-8. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Portland, OR. 417 pp.
- Johnson, C. G., Jr. 1981a. Final report - Research Natural Area program - inventory phase area 3. 83 pp.
- MTNHP [Montana Natural Heritage Program]. 2002b. List of ecological communities for Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Montana State Library, Helena, MT.
- WNHP [Washington Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data files. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.