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CEGL005524 Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sitka Spruce / Salal 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: 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: BC, CA?, OR, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.942438
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
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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.3 Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce - Redwood Rainforest Macrogroup | M024 | 1.B.2.Nd.3 |
Group | 1.B.2.Nd.3.f Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce North-Central Pacific Rainforest Group | G751 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.f |
Alliance | A3604 Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce / Gooseneck Moss Forest Alliance | A3604 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.f |
Association | CEGL005524 Sitka Spruce / Salal Forest | CEGL005524 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.f |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: >< Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon - Rubus spectabilis (Kagan et al. 2004)
>< Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon (Kagan et al. 2004)
= Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_052]
? Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
? Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon Community (Kratz 1975)
>< Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon Forest (Crawford et al. 2009)
= Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon association (Stumpf et al. 2017)
? Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon-Olympics (Bigley and Hull 1995)
>< Sitka Spruce / Salal - Salmonberry Forest (Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon - Rubus spectabilis) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.44)]
>< Sitka Spruce / Salal Forest (Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.42)]
>< Sitka spruce / salmonberry - salal (PISI/RUSP-GASH) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
>< Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon (Kagan et al. 2004)
= Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_052]
? Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
? Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon Community (Kratz 1975)
>< Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon Forest (Crawford et al. 2009)
= Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon association (Stumpf et al. 2017)
? Picea sitchensis/Gaultheria shallon-Olympics (Bigley and Hull 1995)
>< Sitka Spruce / Salal - Salmonberry Forest (Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon - Rubus spectabilis) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.44)]
>< Sitka Spruce / Salal Forest (Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.42)]
>< Sitka spruce / salmonberry - salal (PISI/RUSP-GASH) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
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