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CEGL005526 Picea sitchensis - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Gaultheria shallon Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sitka Spruce - Douglas-fir / 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
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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: CA,US

States/Provinces:  BC, CA?, OR, WA


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR

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.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 CEGL005526 Sitka Spruce - Douglas-fir / Salal Forest CEGL005526 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-Pseudotsuga menziesii/Gaultheria shallon (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_063]
? 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-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)
Concept Author(s): Meidinger et al. (2005)

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

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