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CEGL003417 Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata) / Sphagnum spp. Treed Bog
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western Hemlock - (Western Red-cedar) / Peatmoss species Treed Bog
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is found in bogs, primarily in the central and northern portion of the Puget Lowlands in Washington. It typically occurs on deep sphagnum peat with the water table below the surface. The closed evergreen conifer tree canopy is dominated by Tsuga heterophylla. Trees are over 200 years in age and growing very slowly. The understory is sparse with small amounts of Gaultheria shallon or Ledum groenlandicum present. Sphagnum spp. are present. This association is distinguished by the closed canopy of Tsuga heterophylla, the sparse understory with Sphagnum spp., and sphagnum peat soil.
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: This type occurs primarily, if not exclusively, in the Puget Lowlands of Washington.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688913
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass | S44 | 2.C |
| Formation | 2.C.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation | F016 | 2.C.2 |
| Division | 2.C.2.Na North American Bog & Fen Division | D029 | 2.C.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.2.Na.3 Beach Pine / Bog Labrador-tea / Cusick''s Sedge North Pacific Bog & Fen Macrogroup | M063 | 2.C.2.Na.3 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.3.c Beach Pine / Bog Labrador-tea / Peatmoss species Wooded Bog & Poor Fen Group | G610 | 2.C.2.Na.3.c |
| Alliance | A3763 Western Hemlock - Western Red-cedar / Western Labrador-tea Treed Bog Alliance | A3763 | 2.C.2.Na.3.c |
| Association | CEGL003417 Western Hemlock - (Western Red-cedar) / Peatmoss species Treed Bog | CEGL003417 | 2.C.2.Na.3.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Tsuga heterophylla / Sphagnum spp. Community Type (Kunze 1994)
- Kunze, L. M. 1994. Preliminary classification of native, low elevation, freshwater wetland vegetation in western Washington. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program. 120 pp.
- 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.