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CEGL000225 Abies amabilis / Rhododendron albiflorum Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pacific Silver Fir / Cascade Azalea Forest

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association occurs in the Cascade Range and Olympic Mountains at middle to high elevations on northerly aspects. Sites occur on middle to upper slopes and are often steep with rocky or shallow well-drained soils. Abies amabilis dominates the canopy or codominates with Tsuga heterophylla, Abies lasiocarpa, or Pseudotsuga menziesii. The often dense shrub layer is dominated or codominated by Rhododendron albiflorum. Vaccinium membranaceum is usually prominent to codominant. Vaccinium alaskaense or Menziesia ferruginea are occasionally codominant. The herb layer is variable in composition and density. Rubus lasiococcus is the only consistent herb, and is sometimes prominent. Valeriana sitchensis, Orthilia secunda, and Rubus pedatus are frequent. Erythronium montanum is occasionally prominent to codominant.

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
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:  OR, WA


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5

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.Nd Vancouverian Forest & Woodland Division D192 1.B.2.Nd
Macrogroup 1.B.2.Nd.4 California Red Fir - Mountain Hemlock - Sierra Lodgepole Pine Forest Macrogroup M025 1.B.2.Nd.4
Group 1.B.2.Nd.4.c Mountain Hemlock - Pacific Silver Fir - Alaska-cedar Wood Group G849 1.B.2.Nd.4.c
Alliance A3723 Mountain Hemlock - Pacific Silver Fir Forest & Woodland Alliance A3723 1.B.2.Nd.4.c
Association CEGL000225 Pacific Silver Fir / Cascade Azalea Forest CEGL000225 1.B.2.Nd.4.c
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Abies amabilis / Rhododendron albiflorum - Vaccinium alaskaense (Henderson et al. 1992)
? Abies amabilis / Rhododendron albiflorum - Vaccinium membranaceum (Henderson et al. 1992)
> Abies amabilis / Rhododendron albiflorum / Vaccinium membranaceum (Lillybridge et al. 1995) [ABAM/RHAL-VAME WEN ASSOCIATION CFS556]
= Abies amabilis / Rhododendron albiflorum (Brockway and Topik 1984)
? Abies amabilis / Vaccinium alaskaense - Rhododendron albiflorum (Henderson et al. 1989)
= Abies amabilis/Rhododendron albiflorum (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_002]
= Abies amabilis/Rhododendron albiflorum Forest (Crawford et al. 2009)
= Pacific Silver Fir / Cascade Azalea Association (CF S5-50) ABAM/RHAL (Brockway et al. 1983)
> Pacific silver fir / Cascades azalea / beargrass (ABAM/RHMA/XETE) (Hemstrom et al. 1982)
> Pacific silver fir / Cascades azalea / queencup beadlily (ABAM/RHAL/CLUN) (Hemstrom et al. 1982)
Concept Author(s): Crawford et al. (2009)

Author of Description: Crawford et al. (2009)

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 06-12-15
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