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CEGL000039 Abies grandis / Polemonium pulcherrimum Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Grand Fir / Beautiful Jacob''s-ladder 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: This association may also occur on Mount Hood, Washington, but more information is needed to confirm.

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:  OR, WA?


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3

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.c Grand Fir - Douglas-fir East Cascades Forest Group G212 1.B.2.Nb.3.c
Alliance A3583 Grand Fir - Douglas-fir Mesic Cascadian Forest Alliance A3583 1.B.2.Nb.3.c
Association CEGL000039 Grand Fir / Beautiful Jacob''s-ladder Forest CEGL000039 1.B.2.Nb.3.c
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Abies grandis / Polemonium pulcherrimum (Topik et al. 1988) [(p.103)]
Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 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 Unpublished report.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.
  • Kagan, J. S., J. A. Christy, M. P. Murray, and J. A. Titus. 2004. Classification of native vegetation of Oregon. January 2004. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Portland. 52 pp.
  • Topik, C., N. M. Halverson, and T. High. 1988. Plant associations and management guide of the ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and grand fir zone, Mt. Hood National Forest. R6-ECOL-TP-004-88. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR. 136 pp.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.
  • Williams, C. K. 1978. Vegetation classification for the Badger Allotment, Mt. Hood National Forest. Unpublished dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis. 117 pp.
  • Wilson, R. A. 1978. Breeding biology of the snowy plover on the Oregon coast: Results of the 1978 field season. Oregon State University, Corvallis.