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CEGL000514 Tsuga mertensiana / Vaccinium membranaceum Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mountain Hemlock / Thinleaf Huckleberry 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: May be endemic to the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon.
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: US
States/Provinces: OR, WA?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
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.5 Subalpine Fir - Engelmann Spruce - Whitebark Pine Rocky Mountain Forest Macrogroup | M020 | 1.B.2.Nb.5 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Nb.5.c Engelmann Spruce - Subalpine Fir - Mountain Hemlock Moist Forest & Woodland Group | G218 | 1.B.2.Nb.5.c |
| Alliance | A3617 Mountain Hemlock Rocky Mountain Forest Alliance | A3617 | 1.B.2.Nb.5.c |
| Association | CEGL000514 Mountain Hemlock / Thinleaf Huckleberry Forest | CEGL000514 | 1.B.2.Nb.5.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Tsuga mertensiana / Vaccinium membranaceum (Brockway and Topik 1984)
= Mountain Hemlock / Big Huckleberry Association (Johnson and Simon 1987)
= Mountain Hemlock / Big Huckleberry Association (CM S2-10) TSME/VAME (Brockway et al. 1983)
= Mountain Hemlock / Big Huckleberry Association (Johnson and Simon 1987)
= Mountain Hemlock / Big Huckleberry Association (CM S2-10) TSME/VAME (Brockway et al. 1983)
- 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.
- Brockway, D. G., C. Topik, M. A. Hemstrom, and W. H. Emmingham. 1983. Plant association and management guide for the Pacific silver fir zone, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Technical Report R6-Ecol-130a-1983. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR. 122 pp.
- Brockway, D. G., and C. Topik. 1984. Ecological classification and management characteristics of montane forest land in southwestern Washington. In: J. G. Bockheim, editor. Forest land classification: Experiences, problems, perspectives. Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on March 18-20, 1984.
- Johnson, C. G., Jr., and S. A. Simon. 1987. Plant associations of the Wallowa-Snake Province Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Technical Paper R6-ECOL-TP-255A-86. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. 399 pp. plus appendices.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.