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CEGL005546 Pseudotsuga menziesii - Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum / Polystichum munitum Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Douglas-fir - Western Hemlock / Pacific Rhododendron - California Huckleberry / Western Swordfern 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: US
States/Provinces: OR, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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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.c Douglas-fir - Western Hemlock / Salal Rainforest Group | G240 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.c |
Alliance | A3378 Western Hemlock - Douglas-fir / Western Cordilleran Bunchberry Mesic Forest Alliance | A3378 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.c |
Association | CEGL005546 Douglas-fir - Western Hemlock / Pacific Rhododendron - California Huckleberry / Western Swordfern Forest | CEGL005546 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pseudotsuga menziesii-Tsuga heterophylla/Rhododendron macrophyllum-Vaccinium ovatum/Polystichum munitum (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_201]
< Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum (Henderson et al. 1989)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum (Kagan et al. 2004)
? Douglas Fir / Western Rhododendron - Evergreen Huckleberry Forest (Pseudotsuga menziesii / Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.50)]
? Western Hemlock / Western Rhododendron - Evergreen Huckleberry Forest (Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.52)]
> Western hemlock / rhododendron - dwarf Oregon-grape (TSHE/RHMA-BENE) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
> Western hemlock / rhododendron - evergreen huckleberry (TSHE/RHMA-VAOV2) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
> Western hemlock / rhododendron - salal (TSHE/RHMA-GASH) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
> Western hemlock / rhododendron / swordfern (TSHE/RHMA/POMU) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum (Henderson et al. 1989)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum (Kagan et al. 2004)
? Douglas Fir / Western Rhododendron - Evergreen Huckleberry Forest (Pseudotsuga menziesii / Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.50)]
? Western Hemlock / Western Rhododendron - Evergreen Huckleberry Forest (Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum) (Christy et al. 1998) [(p.52)]
> Western hemlock / rhododendron - dwarf Oregon-grape (TSHE/RHMA-BENE) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
> Western hemlock / rhododendron - evergreen huckleberry (TSHE/RHMA-VAOV2) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
> Western hemlock / rhododendron - salal (TSHE/RHMA-GASH) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
> Western hemlock / rhododendron / swordfern (TSHE/RHMA/POMU) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
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