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CEGL003209 Tsuga mertensiana - Callitropsis nootkatensis / Vaccinium parvifolium / Rubus pedatus - Lysichiton americanus Swamp Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mountain Hemlock - Alaska-cedar / Red Huckleberry / Strawberry-leaf Raspberry - American Skunk-cabbage Swamp 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 published description is for the Ketchikan Area, Tongass National Forest (TNF) (DeMeo et al. 1992). This forest also occurs in the Chatham Area, TNF (Martin et al. 1995) and in the Stikine Area, TNF (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989), but does not occur in the Yakutat Foreland described by (Shephard 1995), because that type has been reclassified.

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: US

States/Provinces:  AK




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 mertensiana-Chamaecyparis nootkatensis/Vaccinium parvifolium/Rubus pedatus-Lysichiton americanus (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_309]
= Mixed Conifer / Vaccinium sp. / Lysichiton americanum (Martin et al. 1995)
= Mixed Conifer / Vaccinium sp. / Lysichiton americanum (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989)
= Mixed Conifer / Vaccinium sp. / Lysichiton americanum (DeMeo et al. 1992)
= Mixed Conifer / Vaccinium sp. / Lysichiton americanum Community Type (Shephard 1995)

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

Author of Description: No Data Available

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  • Boggs, K. 1996. Forested plant communities of maritime southcentral and southeast Alaska. Unpublished report of the Alaska Natural Heritage Program, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
  • 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 Unpublished report.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.
  • DeMeo, T., J. Martin, and R. A. West. 1992. Forest plant association management guide, Ketchikan Area, Tongass National Forest. R10-MB-210. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region. 405 pp.
  • Martin, R. R., S. J. Trull, W. W. Brady, R. A. West, and J. M. Downs. 1995. Forest plant association management guide, Chatham Area, Tongass National Forest. R10-RP-57. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region.
  • Meidinger, D., C. Chappell, C. Cadrin, G. Kittel, C. McCain, K. Boggs, J. Kagan, G. Cushon, A. Banner, and T. DeMeo. 2005. International Vegetation Classification of the Pacific Northwest: International correlation of temperate coastal forest plant associations of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. Contributors: B.C. Ministry of Forests, USDA Forest Service, B.C. Conservation Data Centre, Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Washington Natural Heritage Program, and Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center.
  • Pawuk, W. H., and E. J. Kissinger. 1989. Preliminary forest plant associations of the Stikine Area, Tongass National Forest. Technical Publication R10-TP-72. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau, AK. 126 pp.
  • Shephard, M. E. 1995. Plant community ecology and classification of the Yakutat Foreland, Alaska. R10-TP-56. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region. 213 pp. plus appendices.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.